Re: [cobalt-users] Mail Server Message - What does this mean? (newbie)

[flash22@xxxxxxx]

On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Joseph Ambrose wrote:

> Was this company trying to spam off of my mail server?
> =====================================
> The original message was received at Fri, 29 Dec 2000 15:29:02 -0500
> from localhost
> 
>    ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> <auto1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
>    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> ... while talking to smtp.myrealbox.com.:
> >>> MAIL From:<> SIZE=1045
> <<< 572 Bounces are blocked due to system abuse by spammers
> 554 <auto1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>... Service unavailable

Indirectly, myrealbox.com is a commonly forged 'from' address on spam
lately, someone probably got a spam and tried to reply and your
mailserver tried to deliver it to myrealbox, which seems to have installed
a blocking filter (probably in desperation, they have nothing to do with
the spam)

Or if it was a true bounce, it went through your server to a nonexistant
user and the server tried to send it back to the 'from' address...same
difference, cept you should check mail logs to see what idiot tried to
deliver it to you ;0