Second Hand Spam
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ee2...@gmail.com
May 7, 2007, 9:52:02 AM5/7/07
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Hello GMail community,
I have been more or less spam free for my entire GMail experience, until yesterday, when I received 159 (so far) Auto Reply messages to my domain (I have a catchall email address set) which indicates that a spammer used a fictitious user at my domain as the return address for their spamming deeds. I know people can send email and put any email address in the from field, but I am concerned that they are soiling my domain's reputation in the process.
I have so far been reporting all of them as spam from within the GMail interface, even though it seems these are technically replies to a Spammer using my domain for their fake return address.
So, is there anything more I can do to report this, since I have not received the messages directly, but only bounced versions of messages?
I am using GMail for my domain, where google sets up a mostly GMail experience for my own domain for free.
-EJE
(ejeartworks.com is obviously not a weight loss remedy site)
I have been more or less spam free for my entire GMail experience, until yesterday, when I received 159 (so far) Auto Reply messages to my domain (I have a catchall email address set) which indicates that a spammer used a fictitious user at my domain as the return address for their spamming deeds. I know people can send email and put any email address in the from field, but I am concerned that they are soiling my domain's reputation in the process.
I have so far been reporting all of them as spam from within the GMail interface, even though it seems these are technically replies to a Spammer using my domain for their fake return address.
So, is there anything more I can do to report this, since I have not received the messages directly, but only bounced versions of messages?
I am using GMail for my domain, where google sets up a mostly GMail experience for my own domain for free.
-EJE
(ejeartworks.com is obviously not a weight loss remedy site)
Bill Holmes
May 7, 2007, 10:48:59 AM5/7/07
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Hi,
Be sure to communicate with your domain registrar to let them know
that your domain is being "joe-jobbed." This used to be a bigger
problem but now most people are sophisticated enough to realize that
the from: address in spam is pretty meaningless.
Bill
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"Chance And Circumstance Radio"
Zack (Doc)
May 7, 2007, 11:23:19 AM5/7/07
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The best thing you can do it create an SPF record for your domain. I
have that for my 3 personal domains, and am virtually spam-bounce
free. This defines who is allowed to send with your domain as the
from. Mail servers that respect them (a growing number) will either
not permit the mail to go through if the sending server doesn't match
your record, or at least not return bounces, depending on the
configuration of your SPF record.
have that for my 3 personal domains, and am virtually spam-bounce
free. This defines who is allowed to send with your domain as the
from. Mail servers that respect them (a growing number) will either
not permit the mail to go through if the sending server doesn't match
your record, or at least not return bounces, depending on the
configuration of your SPF record.
Search google and you'll find openspf.org which can help you set it
up, and a Wikipedia entry so you can understand them. If you've got
Google Apps doing all your account sending, you should be able to set
a pretty good SPF record.
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