Posted by (PeteCresswell) on 01/20/07 21:56

Per Tina Peters:
> A good rule of thumb to avoid this type of attack is
>to not have a "catchall" email account setup, since a lot of the bounces
>will end up there.

I can support that from experience.

Before I caught on, my domain was getting 7,500-8,000 spams per day - most
dictionary attacks.
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PeteCresswell

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