Comments on: My email address was spoofed by spammers

By: cindy

cindy — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:13:09 +0000

Hey JJ. You have to just wait it out. It has happened to me so many times.

Just thought I’d check in with you. I seem to do this once every 2yrs or so.

NappyCindy

By: Jack Mule

Jack Mule — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:12:42 +0000

Mac, also having a catchall email domain means all emails sent to an address not specifically set to go to a user gets routed to a default address (aka my catchalll inbox)

By: MacBros

MacBros — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:52:44 +0000

Thanks Jack. And Fuck Spammer indeed!

That’ll come in handy when I use a paid advertiser link.

Listening to Black Crows in my back yard BTW. A Fredstock (Like a Woodstock) and when I say in my back yard, I literary mean in my back yard. Got the windows open and letting all them live tunes pour in.

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By: Jack Mule

Jack Mule — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:41:29 +0000

I use exim for my MTA so it’s just a matter of adding the address they are using for the Joe job to a blackhole rule.

Really depends on who/what handles your mail and what they allow. Some places… Gmail allow for a + to make a specfic email for a site

Example, if I was user@gmail.com, I can give out thechurning+user@gmail.com to a site and then filter that address if they abuse it. However a smart spammr could just strip the part before the + so ymmv. Also some sites use something other than a + so check with them to see what is available

good luck.

Ps. Fuck spammers.

By: JJ

JJ — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:31:40 +0000

Yeah in this case the Joe Jobbers were using random fake email accounts with my band’s domain. So any replies or bounces were hitting my catch all. For example, I’d see an email bounce meant for sgTfDW@thecodes.net in my catch all email inbox for that domain.

By: MacBros

MacBros — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:54:58 +0000

@JAck – How do you get that saitename.com@yoursite.com to work?

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By: Jack Mule

Jack Mule — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:52:35 +0000

it’s called a “Joe Job” and it sucks if you have a published email or a catch all domain. all you can do is wait it out or blackhole the email they are using from your domain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_job

Also, i use a personal one for friends/family and usually use sitename.com@mydomain.com for other shit. that way i know who sells me out to a spammer list. I then add that email to the blackhole list and say a silent fuck you to that company that sold me out.

the personal one works great until some a-hole friend of yours uses a sites ‘email this link to a friend’ feature to open the spam flood gates.

fucking spam and fucking inconsiderate friends.

By: MacBros

MacBros — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:01:48 +0000

That's why I use disposable e-mail addresses and keep my personal one for family only MacBros´s last blog post..MacBros Games Site Now Open!

By: sarah

sarah — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:53:40 +0000

i’ve been having the same problem with my work gmail for about a month now. i looked at google help docs or whatever, and yeah, wait it out is about the only thing you can do. lovely.

By: thefinestkindofpork

thefinestkindofpork — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:42:12 +0000

You might as well order some of those pills while you wait for it to work out of your email system... thefinestkindofpork´s last blog post..