Do I have a Virus?

Dale Farnsworth dale at farnsworth.org
Sun Apr 2 18:05:29 MST 2006


In article <200604021128.15067.mark at phillipsmarketing.biz> you write:
> I have a domain that is due to be renewed next week. I have not used the=20
> domain for anything. As of two days ago, I am getting hundreds of email=20
> failure notices for names that I don't know using this domain. Such as=20
> KarenStrumps at allonthego.com.
> 
> I added an example below.
> 
> What does this mean? What can I do about it?

That unsavory people will misuse your domain name while spamming
seems like a fact of life on the internet these days.  I configured
my mail server (qmail) to drop double bounces, so though it's still
happening with my domains, I don't know about it unless I search the
logs.

-Dale


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