Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 06:15:49 09/20/03
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On September 19, 2003 at 23:42:05, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On September 19, 2003 at 14:18:26, Mike Byrne wrote: > >>I am now getting about 50 spam/returned emails every hour. They quickly throw >>me over the limit as most of them contain an attachment of about 150K that has a >>virus. My spam filter throws them in the spam folder - and there is simply too >>many of them for me to see which ones are perhaps legitmate. So if you sendf an >>email it may be returned witha note that my mail box is full. >> >>Appantly my e-mail address is being spoof by a spammer - that is why I am >>getting so many returned emails. Rest assured I am not spamming anyone or >>sending out email with viruses - but I'm not sure what to do about this problem >>sort of cancelling my email address and starting over. >> >>Any suggestions? > > >You were lucky. About a week (maybe 2) ago, someone found my majordomo >mailing list (majordomo@cis.uab.edu) and forged SPAM from that address. >In one 6 hour period I got over 39,000 emails. And yes, that is the right >number of zeroes. They totaled over 9 gigabytes. I learned how to use >procmail to at least toss _most_ of the junk in the toilet. I believed, I would have rec'd many more - the 50 or so I was getting was just enough to take me over the my limit. Everytime I checked email, I had another 50 or so which I would promptly delete. Next time I checked there would be another 50. They have stopped - which is good. I always have the latest updates and patrches ,since I have those services run automatically. In this case, it was surprising that they were getting through MSN in the first place. Also,having an email limit probably saved me in this case as well. I can deal with 50 but 39,000 would have been overwhelming.
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