possible idea for backscatter problem

[Michael Scheidell]

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> From: ".rp" <printer at afts.com>
> Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 14:58:34 -0700
> To: <bogofilter at bogofilter.org>
> Subject: possible idea for backscatter problem
> 
> One of the users (actually the boss) had the email address harvested and we
> got clobbered 
> by backscatter. Looking at the emails of the various 'unable to deliver' type
> messages, I saw 
> what these could be filtered on, but don't know how to write up and implement
> the rule 
> outside of procmail. I don't want to use procmail for this since it I think it
> would be an 
> expensive routine for procmail to run.
> 
> So, need a rule that would parse the "Message-ID:" in the body (or attachment)
> and not 
> header, and look for the @FQDN
> Is this rule already out in the wild?
> 

Won't always help.  Original email isn't always in bounce.

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