Re: OT request for arcane tech help

Chris,

I'd been wondering, but I wasn't going to say anything.

Jack

> From: "Christina Z. Anderson" <zphoto@montana.net>
> Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
> Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 20:42:56 -0600
> To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
> Subject: Re: OT request for arcane tech help
>
> ps gives a new twist on calling myself a "gummist"...
> Chris
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jack Brubaker" <jack@jackbrubaker.com>
> To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 8:11 PM
> Subject: Re: OT request for arcane tech help
>
>
>> Keith,
>>
>> There are sights that are set up to catch misspelled searches. Think of a
>> way to misspell Google and a site will come up. If someone meant to type a
>> C
>> where you have a G they might have been after something other than gum
>> prints. It could be there is someone who wants your address to catch that
>> misspelling.
>>
>> Jack
>>
>>> From: Keith Gerling <Keith@GumPhoto.com>
>>> Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
>>> Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 11:29:15 -0700
>>> To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
>>> Subject: RE: OT request for arcane tech help
>>>
>>> Hi Liam,
>>>
>>> My concern is that my domain name finds itself added to spam filters thus
>>> rendering my email address useless for communication. My mailbox has
>>> been
>>> filled up with bounced messages, and I cringe at the thought of the
>>> number
>>> of messages that WERE successfully delivered with "from gumphoto.com".
>>> My
>>> hosting service, who has treated this issue in a somewhat cavalier
>>> fashion,
>>> insists that the "from" field has, indeed, been used, and that spam
>>> filtering services are aware of this tactic and that there is no true
>>> risk
>>> of "permanent damage". Looking at the headers of the bounced messages, I
>>> see a confusing mess of different ip addresses, so I suppose they may be
>>> correct and that the SMTP service at the webhost is NOT being used for
>>> spam
>>> relay. But a security scan that Gordon was kind enough to run for me
>>> does
>>> indicate that there may be some lax security at my webhost. The whole
>>> issue
>>> has been a big pain and I have to wonder that if the "from" field can
>>> indeed
>>> be anything, why pick an actual domain? Why even bother with harvesting,
>>> which I thought was more appropriate to finding recipients for spam, not
>>> fake senders?
>>>
>>> Thanks for the info.
>>>
>>> Keith
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Liam Lawless [mailto:lawless@bulldoghome.com]
>>> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 8:07 PM
>>> To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
>>> Subject: RE: OT request for arcane tech help
>>>
>>>
>>> Keith,
>>>
>>> My wife's e-mail has recently been subject to a similar attack. I'm no
>>> expert on these things and her domain host wasn't interested, but I've
>>> been
>>> doing a bit of reading on the web and it seems likely that the e-mail
>>> attached to her domain has been "harvested" from the internet, a
>>> discussion
>>> forum or somesuch. It seems that anyone sending an e-mail can put
>>> anything
>>> they like in the "From" field, and the reason that spammers use fake
>>> addresses is that large volumes of mail will be flagged by their ISPs.
>>>
>>> It is said that spammers usually move on to a different address after a
>>> week
>>> or two, but it may be possible to deflect the bounce messages by
>>> disabling
>>> the catchall feature of your e-mail account. To do this for my wife's
>>> account, I had to go to her domain's control panel, click on "Default
>>> Mail
>>> Account", then "Set Default Address (Catch All)", and type ":fail:" in
>>> the
>>> box which asks where unrouted mail to the account should be sent. Any
>>> bounce messages addressed to qytwehx@herdomain.com (or other name made
>>> from
>>> random characters) should then go back to the original sender who,
>>> hopefully, will then move on to someone else's e-mail address.
>>>
>>> I've only done this tonight, so can't say if it's worked yet, and of
>>> course
>>> your control panel will probably be different.
>>>
>>> And a disadvantage, I suppose, is that you cannot use the catchall
>>> feature,
>>> but hope this is some help.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Liam
>>>
>>> ---
>>> [This E-mail has been scanned for viruses but it is your responsibility
>>> to maintain up to date anti virus software on the device that you are
>>> currently using to read this email. ]
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Received on Mon May 1 00:11:45 2006