Re: [cobalt-users] spam - uncontrolable email being relayed [RaQ3)

[flash22@xxxxxxx]

On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Luke Cousins wrote:
> 
> Im getting around 40 emails an hour sent to the administrator email from the
> ... The failed emails are all junk mail,

> Im guessing that these emails a being sent through the server because of my
> relaying settings (basically allowing anything, so set up because users on
> the server wanted to be able to freely email to any address).
> Basically my question is have I guessed right, if not does anyone know whats
> happening and either way can anyone tell me how to stop it.

Well, you have more information than we do ;)

If you are relaying for the world, you most likely have been discovered as
a nicfy way to send spam tho, surprise....pop before relay is probably a
good thing to install about now...

The other possability is you are just being used as the return
(From) address for some spam and the bounces are being sent back to you
(but you don't know where they came from and can't return them to the
sender so admin gets them, actually, postmaster]

Either way, expect to get listed in MAPS etc soon....other folks tend to
resent being spammed , and if you really are relaying for anyone, you
will test open and get listed...

The 10 minutes you saved not installing the pop-relay program will now
expand to hours cleaning up ....

g