[Gllug] Server management query

[David L Neil Mailing list a/c]

Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> David L Neil Mailing list a/c wrote:
>> I notice other comments on the list about spam levels, and have been
>> feeling a bit overwhelmed myself. Have ended up shutting off 'catch-all'
>> addresses on certain of my domains, but I notice that a weight of spam
>> arrives at what I would call required-addresses, eg
>> PostMaster@
>> WebMaster@
>> Abuse@
> 
> For my personal domain only three addresses work, and none of the ones 
> above are those.  My whois information is accurate so if anyone really 
> needs to report abuse they can do so directly to me.
> 
> For company domains, I would keep the RFC-recommended accounts valid and 
> read by a human.  I would however put them behind a decent spam 
> filtering system[0]
> 
> Spammers are generally smart enough to avoid emailing abuse@, and 
> generally speaking, most companies are atrocious at replying to mail 
> sent to abuse@


Thanks Martin,

Do you mean three user mbxes or three for 'domain admin'?

Which are the RFC-recommended accounts (plural) - I only spotted
Postmaster@?

Hmm, I'm not sure if I've ever had spam arrive (directly) at abuse@
either! Having said that, I'm not sure that I've ever had anything
'real' arrive at PostMaster@, so maybe such is not often used anyway
(I've used WebMaster@ as a specific address, so can't comment about any
speculative enquiries ever being directed there).

Regards,
=dn

PS anyone else have a policy for/not such addresses?
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