spam/email issues

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 9:32 pm

i am getting tons of emails sent to aliases of my domain name that are email accounts that don't even exist. ALL of these messages are spam and junk mail. I also know that they contain viruses because they have the "paris hilton" and other subject lines that i've read about in the recent virus going around. I immediately delete these emails and have already run McAfee virus scan, and i am clean. My question is - is there any way to get these emails to stop coming to me?? I am getting tons a day!! any info is appreciated. thanks!

registered · Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 9:50 pm

Unfortunately not. Most likely they are created by automated robots that fake the email addresses. Really its just time to close that account and start a new one.

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 10:22 pm

i can't close it though..the robots are using different aliases of my website domain. for example, the email addy of test@mysite.com does not actually exist, but mysite.com does exist, therefore, short of discontinuing use of my domain (mysite.com), will the robots just continue to use my domain to create these alias email addresses?

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 9:22 am

I got in november within 3 days around 400 worm sober emails to my email-domain and the contain in the attachement always a virus. But as I know is this problem at the moment only in Germany and Austria.
Possible if you don´t close your website your host will close your site.
Do you also recieve emails from hisyw4 hanmail.net ?

Maybe this helps also:

http://www.mactechnicalservices.com/fightspam.html