[thelist] forged FROM: in emails

[Hugh Blair]

> -----Original Message-----
> On Behalf Of Erik Mattheis
>
> A spammer has decided to use a non-existing mail box of a
> domain I host as a forged FROM:
>
> I have a catch-all, so my client receives a lot of bounces.
>
> Looking for advice. I can think of several things ... an auto
> responder saying the address was forged ... take off the
> catch-all, delete emails bounced to the offending address as
> they come in ... but which is the most effective and what
> would be the most fun?

If the messages are always the same "xxxx at domain.com", then
set up a forwarder on just that address to:
anything at sparkingwire.com  - the perfect dead end.

http://sparkingwire.com/

Hugh