* Richard Kimber ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030820 15:26]: > On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 10:08:01 -0700 > Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Is there a rash of viruses with spoofed origin lines all of a sudden? > > > > > > I had *120* emails in my other email account today (not the one I use > > > on Debian), many of them were Re: Wicked Screensaver. I thought they > > > were all spam but I guess they were mostly bounce messages - > > > something's been spoofing my (other) email addy. > > > > Be glad, some roadrunner business customer is spewing a virus to > > tons of > > people using my address in the from field. As a result I get all the > > bounces. > > Now ya wanna get the kick in the nads? > > Is there any way of filtering them that can distinguish between these and > genuine delivery failures from messages I have geuninely sent?
If you're always sending from the same place, you could check for the existence of a Received header from your mail server. If you roam among sites, then this won't work. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- http://www.aclu.org/ It's all about Freedom.
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