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On Thursday 10 July 2003 21:59, Aaron Trevena wrote: > On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, John Daragon wrote: > > On Thursday 10 July 2003 15:15, Steve Crook wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 02:22:01PM +0100, Paul Weaver wrote: > > > > Just so I know I'm not going mad, someone care to confirm that some > > > > spammer used my domain to send some rubbish to aolers? Anyone else > > > > ever had this? > > > > > > I suffered exactly the same thing about a week ago. Lots of bounces > > > from AOL mta's, all claiming my messages couldn't be delivered. > > > > > > They used a false username, but my ISP-provided domain name. I wrote > > > to AOL and asked for details on the originating source of the messages, > > > but surprise surprise, yet to hear anything back. > > > > The reason you're yet to hear anything back is that the original emails > > are unlikely to have originated in any of AOL's domains (at least, none > > of the ones I've seen so far have...) You can hardly blame AOL for > > bouncing email directed at non-existent users to the address in the > > "Reply-to:" header... > > True. But it is still annoying when I get bounces with 'this is spam and > has been bounced - I mean if its spam then it was sent via an open relay > from a false address. That's not what they're saying. They're saying "this is mail to an invalid address so it has bounced". Which is what the RFCs say they should do. Your beef should (IMHO) be with the originator and/or with the owner of the open relay, neither of whom (in the instances I've seen) are machines in AOL's domain. jd. -- John Daragon argv[0] limited john@xxxxxxxxxx Lambs Lawn Cottage, Staple Fitzpaine, Taunton TA3 5SL, UK (house) 01460 234537 (office) 01460 234068 (mobile) 07836 576127 (fax) 01460 234069 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.