Spammy!

Belmit · 24-05-2007, 16:35

We got an irate member of staff going off on one about getting repeated spam messages in his inbox and asking what we were going to do about it.

A week ago he accidentally sent a badly programmed mail merge not only to the 500 people in the list, but 500 times. One of the addresses didn't exist.

Guess who was spamming him?!

Haly · 24-05-2007, 16:39

Dee · 24-05-2007, 16:40

You git

Garp · 24-05-2007, 17:59

*sigh*

Why is it so hard to read and understand the simple messages mail servers send back?

"No user known at this address" or similar is hardly complicated.

Mark · 24-05-2007, 18:05

I get almost daily undelivered message reports from one particular email address. I've had so many in fact, that my email client now considers them spam and files them accordingly. Don't ask me why they're always the same - some spammer re-enacting Groundhog Day I suspect.

Garp · 24-05-2007, 19:31

You'll probably find that the server is doing accept first, process later and thus is initially accepting e-mails that would otherwise be rejected, thus the spammer doesn't know its an invalid address and still attempts to send to it.

24-05-2007, 16:35	#1
Belmit The Mouse King of Denmark Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Winchester Posts: 6,476	Spammy! We got an irate member of staff going off on one about getting repeated spam messages in his inbox and asking what we were going to do about it. A week ago he accidentally sent a badly programmed mail merge not only to the 500 people in the list, but 500 times. One of the addresses didn't exist. Guess who was spamming him?! __________________

24-05-2007, 16:39	#2
Haly Do you want to hide in my box? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 14,941	__________________ Halycopter

24-05-2007, 17:59	#4
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	sigh Why is it so hard to read and understand the simple messages mail servers send back? "No user known at this address" or similar is hardly complicated. __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

24-05-2007, 19:31	#6
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	You'll probably find that the server is doing accept first, process later and thus is initially accepting e-mails that would otherwise be rejected, thus the spammer doesn't know its an invalid address and still attempts to send to it. __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

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24-05-2007, 16:40	#3
Dee Combat Spanker Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,292	You git

24-05-2007, 18:05	#5
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	I get almost daily undelivered message reports from one particular email address. I've had so many in fact, that my email client now considers them spam and files them accordingly. Don't ask me why they're always the same - some spammer re-enacting Groundhog Day I suspect.