The worst part is when your email server gets blocked by ISPs as a spammer. Even though your machine is not compromised the volume of mail with your return email address kicks off some spam detectors. I had this happen, pain in the a$$. On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 14:00 -0400, Mark Haney wrote: > Jose R R wrote: > > Good morning (California), RH list members- > > > > > Below is an fragment of one that even attempted to join an google group: > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Alan is right, there is NO way to prevent this. I would however double > check to make sure your mail server isn't compromised (which it probably > isn't, but a good double-check never hurts. > > Also, there's a well known issue with Google owned domains (like > googlegroups) that are very susceptible to backscatter spam attacks to > find legit email addresses in those domains. > > Unfortunately, the d*ckhead spammers won't leave us alone. If everyone > on the planet would stop clicking on them, maybe a good portion of them > would go away. > > *puts away soapbox* > > > -- > Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt -- Caius Julius Caesar > > > Mark Haney > Sr. Systems Administrator > ERC Broadband > (828) 350-2415 > > Call (866) ERC-7110 for after hours support > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
