SPAM addressed to others

[ddzc]

Hey guys,

I'm having a weird issue here.

I'm receiving a ridiculous amount of spam.

Most of the emails are not even addressed to me but they up in my inbox somehow.

I was looking at the head information of one email and the email was sent to some address at @web.de which is in Denmark. Then it was send to some address @mailnase.com. Then it was sent to my address.

We have a spam filter called nemx that does not pick these up.

Anyone have any ideas how these spam messages work and the best method to stopping them? I receive like 20 spams a day addressed to others and redirected to my inbox.

Any ideas? thx

thx

 

[ShackDaddy]

Your address is in the BCC field of the spams, that's why you aren't seeing them.

Search Tek-Tips with the keyword "IMF" and see how much helpful information there is for reducing the amount you are getting.

ShackDaddy
Shackelford Consulting

 

[ddzc]

I see. The mail server is exch 2003 so we can install IMF on it but will IMF do a better job than nemx?

 

[ShackDaddy]

It may, if well-configured. It never hurts to add an additional, free layer, in any case.

http://www.petri.co.il/block_spam_with_exchange2003_imf.htm

And here's a decent demo of some IMF configs:

http://blog.flaphead.dns2go.com/archive/2005/06/17/2780.aspx

ShackDaddy
Shackelford Consulting