Blank Emails

svankamon · - Joined: 01 Apr 2007 Posts: 148 Location: Chesterfield UK

Hi all, im using abyss webserver, hmailserver and simpledns server. Recently i tested things and everything seemedd ok. HOwever. It seems the mydomain.com in the below information is being used when i havent even wrote to anyone using it. First how can they get this info. Secondly i know this because i started receiving BLANK EMAILS.

therre is no header,
Sender: Sender Unspecified
Subject:(No subject)
All other fieldds blank.

When i click on properties for the email in the details tab is this info: Anyone got any ideas here.? Cheers.

Return-Path: <moldable@gaycammer.com>
Received: from localhost ([82.41.208.11]) by cartouche.org.uk with hMailServer ; Thu,
16 Aug 2007 18:54:40 +0100
Message-ID: <9ADF4B4F-F08F-4AB3-BB14-0ABBC2451A2E@cartouche.org.uk>
Message-ID: <000001c7e02d$d5e42f80$0100007f@localhost> From: "Dominick Ward"
<moldable@gaycammer.com> To: <postmaster@cartouche.org.uk> Subject:
Autodesk AutoCAD 2008 129$ - Save 6590.95$ 0ff Retai1 Date: Thu, 16 Aug
2007 18:54:53 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority:
Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.3416 Importance: Normal
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.150 Autodesk AutoCAD
2008 129$ - Save 6590.95$ 0ff Retai1 http://phonowa.com/ Systran 6
Language Translator 159$ - Save 1325.95$ 0ff Retai1
X-hMailServer-Spam: YES
X-hMailServer-Reason: The host name specified in HELO does not match IP address.

edimatrix · Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:54 am Post subject:

This isn't an Abyss question. When I set up my domain I was asked if I wanted the MX record to point to it. I said that I didn't intend to use a local mailserver but might set up one 'just for fun'. I was advised not to do that because I would then inevitably get spam to it, even if I never publicised its existence.

Regards
Chris

pkSML · - Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 952 Location: Michigan, USA

svankamon,

You're getting emails like any other domain does. I frequently get spammed as well.

Postmaster is a common mailbox, so any domain name is spammed by sending mail to postmaster@domain.com.

Your mail server is possibly blanking out the email info (header, sender...) because it has been marked as spam. This would be an issue with hMailServer.

Where are you getting the headers you posted from? Outlook Express or hmail?
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