Posts: 2
Whimp
14.Mar.2006 10.29.16 TZ+01:00
1) configure an auto response (absense notification)
for a mail account in bejy
2) spammer sends a mail to this account with invalid
sender address (user part invalid, domain valid)
3) bejy sends sends an auto response to the wrong sender
(i.e. microsoft.com)
4) postmaster@microsoft.com bounces this mail as
undeliverable back to bejy
5) bejy sends the next auto response for the bounced mail
6) back to 4)
Possible solutions:
- bejy should count the sent auto responses per sender
- auto responses should not be sent if sender is postmaster
- ...
Posts: 18
Beginner
14.Mar.2006 17.13.46 TZ+01:00
| - bejy should count the sent auto responses per sender |
I guess this would require to much state information.
| - auto responses should not be sent if sender is postmaster |
Could be easily implemented.
But
| spammer sends a mail to this account with invalid sender address (user part invalid, domain valid) |
Preferred solution is to enable the "validateSender" option, to avoid incoming mails from invalid mail accounts.
... more soon...
Bebbo