Mail Slave?

Discussion in 'Server Operation' started by v2k, May 27, 2008.

  1. v2k

    v2k New Member

    I noticed this in my spam mail:

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    From: "dov dequin" <[email protected]>
    To: <[email protected]>
    There were a bunch of failed mail deliveries that had been sent from my email account. Does this imply access to my mail server?

    Searching the logs, I don't see any of these addresses in my log files. So someone is just sending mail as me for spam purposes?
     
  2. falko

    falko Super Moderator Howtoforge Staff

    No, this just means that a spammer sent spam with your email address as the sender address. This doesn't mean he used your server. It's a weakness of the SMTP protocol - you can set whatever sender address you like... :(
     
  3. v2k

    v2k New Member

    Yeah, I figured, I just wanted to make sure. That's rather annoying.

    Thanks.
     

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