10th Nov 2005
UK GeoCities: Fix Your Spammer Problem!
I’ve been getting a lot of bounced spam (where the spammer forges a made up return address with one of my domains, an all too common problem). Almost all of it involves scams that want the recipient to click on a website within uk.geocities.com. To get an idea of the magnitude of this problem, google for “spam return address forgery”. It goes without saying that my machines have nothing to do with sending this tripe - the problem stems from the fact that anyone can easily craft whatever return address they want. The spammers are interested in clicks on their web sites, not returned emails.
Note to UK GeoCities: Do A Better Job Of Shutting These Idiots Down! What Are You Waiting For?!
I’ll be checking into SPF. It really is high time for MTA’s (email) to start standardizing on some sort of sender authentication.
