Re: [vps-mail] spam viruses really getting me down

["Andy McKell, FOCUS Internet" <mac@xxxxxxxx>]

Quick solution - don't use the webmaster identity yourself and trash all 
mail from that address in procmailrc:-

:0
* ^From:.*webmaster@xxxxxxxxxx
/dev/null

The spammer won't know you're blocking him if he doesn't get a bounce, so 
he may not change tactics for a while. When he does, you'll need to repeat 
this for the next address they use.

Andy

At 01:37 PM 6/16/2005 -0500, you wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Is there any way to disable an email address so that it can't be spoofed? 
> As I write this it is sounds like a particularly stupid question. Sorry.
>
> It is just in the last few days the spam viruses are hitting hard on my 
> mailing list server and the spoofed address is from the webmaster address 
> on that server. And the email messages are actually being delivered to the 
> listowners. It makes us look pretty unprofessional, IMO. So I thought that 
> I would put my question out to this list to see if anyone had a solution 
> they wouldn't mind sharing.
>
> Best wishes,
> Rae
>
>
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