[nzlug] Spurious bounce messages

[Cameron Bradley]

If its a paradise.net email account that is affected, make sure you havent
replied to one of the scam emails currently circulating. Its not uncommon
for paradise customers to find in the region of 1000 bounceback messages in
their inbox (upto 400 per day) if their account has been compromised.

Cameron.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Foster" <blakjak at blakjak.net>
To: "NZLUG Mailing List" <nzlug at linux.net.nz>
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 2:53 AM
Subject: Re: [nzlug] Spurious bounce messages


> Nice. Clear response there Steve.
>
> Roderick: Return email addresses are the first thing forged by spammers.
> The fact you received the bounce (aka Backscatter) doesn't mean your
> system generated the message.
>
> You'll find some spammer has picked up your email address and generated
> junk with you as the sender.  You'll thus catch any bounces generated.
>
> You only need to worry if your own IP address is implicated...
>
> Mark.
>
>
>
> On Tue, 6 Nov 2007, Steve Holdoway wrote:
>
> > 'fraid so.
> >
> > Steve
> > On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:32:20 +1300
> > Roderick Aldridge <rod-a at hnpl.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Two emails I received today are apparently bounce messages supposedly
from
> >>
> >> host ns.satlan.com[202.27.219.1] said: 550 5.1.1
> >>
> >> One contained an attachment
> >>
> >> Nove..r 77% OFF.eml
> >>
> >> and the other
> >>
> >> Oct...r 72% OFF.eml
> >>
> >>
> >> I don't recognise the names of the supposed recipients, and I certainly
didn't send anything to either.
> >> Is this just another clever spam disguise or has my system been
compromised in some way?
> >> I am running Thunderbird using POP3 dialup on Xubuntu 7.10.
> >>
> >> TIA
> >>
> >> Roderick Aldridge
> >>
> >>
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