[GRLUG] Email overload

[Ben Rousch]

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Collin <adderd at kkmfg.com> wrote:

> This is sort of off topic but sort of on topic...
>
> I'm getting hundreds upon hundreds of bounce messages from all over the
> world today. Someone used our email domain as the sender address for not
> so nice emails (they didn't use our server they just claim to be us).
> Normally it isn't bad but today is terrible. Anyone else getting this?
> If it's on going what's the best course of action? ignore it? Use a mail
> filter to trashcan it (though legit bounce messages would be lost too)?
>
> I've tried sending this message to the list many times. My other posts
> show up but nothing on this topic... Maybe it was previously that I put
> in the word for fake canned meat or put in an example email address...
> Whatever is doing it ITS ANNOYING.
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I don't really have an answer for you, but I noticed that our incoming spam
jumped up 100% in the last 2 days. It is up 1000% since the beginning of the
year. I was hoping the flood would abate, but it seems to only be getting
worse.
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