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Mailbox stuffed with bounced spoof emails - how to fix?
usignuolo
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Recently email in my (spoofed) name has been sent out via a server in the Ukraine. It is clearly a long mailing list and the first time there were maybe 12 bounces. But they keep resending the mailing (for pharmaceuticals) and at the latest count I had 16 pages of rejected emails from the servers of the "victims" arriving back in my mail box.
I have tried setting up filters via my ISP's filter service but this does not seem to catch them. I don't want for various business reasons to change my email id this month, is there anyway I can contact my ISP to ask them to block these emails.
Come to that shouldn't they be doing so anyway?
My ISP is Pipex who I think route through BT servers these days. Does anybody know if that is the case and how I can report this flood of scatterbacks?
The spam originator is registered with a domain name provider in the UKraine and in turn with GoDaddy in the states. It is an company called www.best-pharmasonline.com
I have tried setting up filters via my ISP's filter service but this does not seem to catch them. I don't want for various business reasons to change my email id this month, is there anyway I can contact my ISP to ask them to block these emails.
Come to that shouldn't they be doing so anyway?
My ISP is Pipex who I think route through BT servers these days. Does anybody know if that is the case and how I can report this flood of scatterbacks?
The spam originator is registered with a domain name provider in the UKraine and in turn with GoDaddy in the states. It is an company called www.best-pharmasonline.com
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We really don't need to know who they are and can do without you providing them with a free link!!!!!!It is an company called https://www.spam.com
There is very little you can do about this - the ISP has far too much of this stuff going on to do anything. You need to filter for yourself based on some aspect of the content - eg the server name or the web url of the site.Hi, we’ve had to remove your signature. If you’re not sure why please read the forum rules or email the forum team if you’re still unsure - MSE ForumTeam0 -
this is why ISP email is rubbish.
can you not just set a filter for all email containing "could not be delivered" or "pharmacy" or those exact words?0
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