[Gllug] Server management query

[Andy Millar]

My spam filter is configured to redirect all abuse@ and postmaster@ to
my main abuse mailbox.

I thought abuse@ was required as well?

I don't spam filter the mailboxes (yet) and don't get much spam to them
as they're not recorded anywhere.

I suppose the solution would be to set up an automated system to reply
to every email sent to your abuse/postmaster address requiring human
verification (i.e. click on this link to verify that you exist?). Some
companies are already doing this on their support@ mailboxes.

For numbers, my abuse@ mailbox has 40 items in it. 

- Andy

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Andy Millar

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-----Original Message-----
From: gllug-bounces at gllug.org.uk [mailto:gllug-bounces at gllug.org.uk] On
Behalf Of David L Neil Mailing list a/c
Sent: 23 April 2008 15:51
To: Greater London Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [Gllug] Server management query

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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