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On Friday 11 July 2003 23:46, Steve Crook wrote: > On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 05:14:05PM +0100, 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... > > John, > > I didn't make my previous post very clear, I'll blame it on pressures of > work and see if anyone sympathises. :) > > I wrote to AOL asking if they could supply the header information of the > original messages that contained my email domain. As I was only getting > the bounces from their mta, I had no means to know where the orignal > messages were coming from. <cynical>I've still heard nothing back from > them, so maybe AOL don't keep email logs?</cynical> Ah. The reason I didn't understand that (apart from the fact that I'm a bit dim) is that every single bounce I've had from AOL has contained the original email complete with headers. 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.