Comments on: Spammers Still Using My Domain http://www.jasondunn.com/spammers-still-using-my-domain-87 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:21:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: michael http://www.jasondunn.com/spammers-still-using-my-domain-87#comment-88 michael Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:18:49 +0000 http://www.jasondunn.com/spammers-still-using-my-domain-87#comment-88 I was using Cpanel filters until hosted gmail started supporting a catch-all address. I don't think I have my filters intact still, but I did have it going. For the change, basically I updated my short list of registrations that I use regularly first, and then others on an as needed basis or when I got a monthly newsletter, etc. I had a separate email account configured as the catch-all. Initially I just had the emails that didn't pass my tests drop into that catch-all account and checked it periodically until I was comfortable with how it was working, then I simple set my catch-all account quota to 0.1 Megabytes. I was using Cpanel filters until hosted gmail started supporting a catch-all address. I don’t think I have my filters intact still, but I did have it going. For the change, basically I updated my short list of registrations that I use regularly first, and then others on an as needed basis or when I got a monthly newsletter, etc. I had a separate email account configured as the catch-all. Initially I just had the emails that didn’t pass my tests drop into that catch-all account and checked it periodically until I was comfortable with how it was working, then I simple set my catch-all account quota to 0.1 Megabytes.

]]> By: Jason Dunn http://www.jasondunn.com/spammers-still-using-my-domain-87#comment-85 Jason Dunn Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:13:38 +0000 http://www.jasondunn.com/spammers-still-using-my-domain-87#comment-85 Wow, I didn't realize this type of thing had a NAME! Interesting approach Michael - I'll give that some thought. It would take a lot of time to edit my registration info at all the sites out there...I'm horrified just thinking about it actually. ;-) But your system definitely has merit. I wonder though, can I implement the same type of filtering with only cPanel? I'm not a Linux-root-hacker guy any more, I've no skillz. ;-) I also try to avoid spam filters on my personal domain because I want to be 100% sure that I'm seeing all email that is meant for me. Wow, I didn’t realize this type of thing had a NAME!

Interesting approach Michael - I’ll give that some thought. It would take a lot of time to edit my registration info at all the sites out there…I’m horrified just thinking about it actually. ;-) But your system definitely has merit. I wonder though, can I implement the same type of filtering with only cPanel? I’m not a Linux-root-hacker guy any more, I’ve no skillz. ;-) I also try to avoid spam filters on my personal domain because I want to be 100% sure that I’m seeing all email that is meant for me.

]]> By: michael http://www.jasondunn.com/spammers-still-using-my-domain-87#comment-83 michael Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:41:39 +0000 http://www.jasondunn.com/spammers-still-using-my-domain-87#comment-83 Welcome to the world of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_job" rel="nofollow">Joe job</a>. I hear your pain. I was doing the same thing as you and then I finally wised up and made a minor change in my technique that has made a huge difference. It took a couple of months chipping away at past sign ups that I cared about to get the addresses changed over, but I haven't looked back since. I switched from using "amazon at sprg.net" to "amazon-three-character-string-that-I-use-for-all-of-them at sprg.net". That way I can throw everything out that has a header containing sprg.net but not having "three-character-string-that-I-use-for-all-of-them at sprg.net" or the few other valid email addresses defined. I still let through emails that don't contain sprg.net at all, since some mailing lists come in that way. That change combined with gmail's spam filter (<a href="http://www.google.com/a/" rel="nofollow">Google Apps for Your Domain</a>) kept 313 spam messages and Joe job server responses out of my inbox on Dec 20 alone. A couple of times, before I made this change, I had Joe job traffic spike to hundreds of messages an hour, and this takes care of that too. Welcome to the world of the Joe job. I hear your pain. I was doing the same thing as you and then I finally wised up and made a minor change in my technique that has made a huge difference. It took a couple of months chipping away at past sign ups that I cared about to get the addresses changed over, but I haven’t looked back since. I switched from using “amazon at sprg.net” to “amazon-three-character-string-that-I-use-for-all-of-them at sprg.net”. That way I can throw everything out that has a header containing sprg.net but not having “three-character-string-that-I-use-for-all-of-them at sprg.net” or the few other valid email addresses defined. I still let through emails that don’t contain sprg.net at all, since some mailing lists come in that way. That change combined with gmail’s spam filter (Google Apps for Your Domain) kept 313 spam messages and Joe job server responses out of my inbox on Dec 20 alone. A couple of times, before I made this change, I had Joe job traffic spike to hundreds of messages an hour, and this takes care of that too.

]]> By: KTamas http://www.jasondunn.com/spammers-still-using-my-domain-87#comment-82 KTamas Fri, 29 Dec 2006 09:23:30 +0000 http://www.jasondunn.com/spammers-still-using-my-domain-87#comment-82 Heh, and I thought I'm unlucky. Since like 2 months, I get 20-30 emails from the mighty Mail Delivery Subsystem every day to random-name-that-makes-no-sense@ktamas.com. And a few Out of Office messages. Heh, and I thought I’m unlucky. Since like 2 months, I get 20-30 emails from the mighty Mail Delivery Subsystem every day to random-name-that-makes-no-sense@ktamas.com. And a few Out of Office messages.

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