Those bouncing spam mails are still pouring in. But I’m finally starting to take action.
- Criminal.
I contacted an acquaintance (a BLS alum) who works in the cybercrime department of the New York Attorney General’s office. I hope that criminal charges can be successfully brought against the software authors or the spammers.
If you or someone you know has been a victim of a similar attack on a personal domain, please email me so I can get an idea about how widespread this practice has become. - Civil.
I’m trying to figure out whose software these spammers are using and who these spammers are in order to determine whether or not I would find it worthwhile to bring a civil suit against them. (Probably not.) - Technological
I’ve spent all morning playing around with procmail recipes to be able to deal with these bounces. I haven’t had any luck yet, since I don’t really know what I’m doing.
In other words, I’m not much further along than I was three days ago and I’ve spent two nights and a morning trying to figure out who to go after and how to block these bounces without blocking my legitimate email.
