[GRLUG] Email overload

[Topher]

On Wed, 30 Apr 2008, Collin wrote:

> 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)?

Yes, we've had that a couple times here in the last month.  It's called a 
Joe Job, you can read about it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_job

There's not much you can do about it.  During the fallout from something 
like that, I *do* blackhole bounce reports.  It's just not worth dealing 
with them.

Topher
Manager of Internet Services
Cornerstone University Radio

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