Too Many Spam Emails I AM REALLY TIRED

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sohaib

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Hello,

I am really tired of getting Spam Emails.

I dont know if any one here can help me out.

To me it seems like My server is been used to send out spam, I need help in avoiding this so no one can use my server to send out spam.

Second thing, I am getting some good amount of spam. I dont know how and whats the reason behind it but thats really making me me crazy getting 100's of spams a day, To me I think SpamBlocker is not working properly.

Is there anyone who can please take me to the right direction so I wont get above problem.

Thanks
 
To make sure SpamBlocker is working for you you need to be sure that your domain name (the right side of the @ sign) is in the /etc/virtual/use_rbl_domains file, one domain per line.

You may want to install the new beta version of SpamBlocker Version 2 (search the forums for download info) if you haven't already done so.

If you do, be sure to read the instructions and make the changes to the file so it works for your domain.

It's very hard to find programs that could be sending spam through your server, but it can be done. Unfortunately most experienced administrators who can do it for you are not cheap because it's very labor intensive.

Jeff
 
One thing you can do to stop receiving so much spam is to not put your e-mail address on your website. I would also remove it from your signature in any forums.

The solution is to retire your current e-mail address and start with a fresh one.

Now, for your customers to contact you through e-mail, use a form which hides your e-mail address. I use a free php script which I found on www.hotscripts.com about 3 years ago and I haven't gotten any spam on that e-mail account.

If you click on this URL and look at the source code you will not see my e-mail address. http://linkdisk.com/contact.php
Sorry I don't remember the name of the script right now, but when I get home I will find out for you.

Regards -Jason :D
 
jlasman said:
To make sure SpamBlocker is working for you you need to be sure that your domain name (the right side of the @ sign) is in the /etc/use_rbl_domains file, one domain per line.
Jeff
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I think Jeff means:

/etc/virtual/use_rbl_domains
 
jlasman said:


You may want to install the new beta version of SpamBlocker Version 2 (search the forums for download info) if you haven't already done so.

Jeff
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uhm, where? :confused: i cannot find it
 
jdlitson said:
I would also remove it from your signature in any forums.
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We use a throw-away address in our signature on this and other forums. That works because if spammers pick it up we simply delete the email address, create a new one, and change the "sig" in our forum profile. It works because when you change the sig in the forum profile it changes instantly for all posts.
Now, for your customers to contact you through e-mail, use a form which hides your e-mail address. I use a free php script which I found on www.hotscripts.com about 3 years ago and I haven't gotten any spam on that e-mail account.
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We use an email encoder available here; it works for email address links as well as for submitting email addresses to perl-based forms such as the secure version of FormMail.pl which we distribute.

Jeff
 
sander815 said:
i know, but jeff talks about version 2
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Go ahead and use the standard copy DA provides, as host.pc mentions. My beta hasn't been released yet (I was confused yesterday when I posted.)

Jeff
 
sohaib said:
Is that rejectlog the one in var/log is that file which is already rejecting emails or ips to be received by my server.
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/var/log/exim/rejectlog is a list of all the email exim has rejected for any reason. The lines are also included in /var/log/mainlog, but this is a separate log provided for your convenience.

Jeff
 
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