Suspected SPAM bot on Outlook 2003 Server

rketman · 03-12-2008, 02:46 PM

Sometime back our school's IP address was black listed on Spamhaus, etc. Working with SonicWall, I was able to set it to only allow Outlook 2003 server to send & receive mail on that IP. This seemed to have stopped any wireless student laptops from sending spam.

But now it looks like my own email is sending spam because I am receiving returned emails that I didn't send. I keep my machine pretty clean with Spybot S&D, Ad-Aware, AVG Antivirus, ComboFix, etc.

My main questions is does anyone know what kind of program I can run on the server itself to search & clean spam bots? (Our server uses CA anti virus). Thanks in advance!

**johnwill** · 03-13-2008, 03:43 PM

It's likely that someone is merely using your email address from another server to send SPAM, I see these kinds of bounced messages all the time. No cure for this issue, other than a shotgun and track down the scum that is doing it.

rketman · 03-14-2008, 02:55 PM

Thanks John! I know what you mean. Which gauge should I use?

**johnwill** · 03-15-2008, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by rketman

Thanks John! I know what you mean. Which gauge should I use?

12ga, turkey loads should do the trick.

03-12-2008, 02:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
rketman Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Win XP Pro	Suspected SPAM bot on Outlook 2003 Server Sometime back our school's IP address was black listed on Spamhaus, etc. Working with SonicWall, I was able to set it to only allow Outlook 2003 server to send & receive mail on that IP. This seemed to have stopped any wireless student laptops from sending spam. But now it looks like my own email is sending spam because I am receiving returned emails that I didn't send. I keep my machine pretty clean with Spybot S&D, Ad-Aware, AVG Antivirus, ComboFix, etc. My main questions is does anyone know what kind of program I can run on the server itself to search & clean spam bots? (Our server uses CA anti virus). Thanks in advance!

03-13-2008, 03:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,857 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Suspected SPAM bot on Outlook 2003 Server It's likely that someone is merely using your email address from another server to send SPAM, I see these kinds of bounced messages all the time. No cure for this issue, other than a shotgun and track down the scum that is doing it. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

03-14-2008, 02:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
rketman Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Win XP Pro	Re: Suspected SPAM bot on Outlook 2003 Server Thanks John! I know what you mean. Which gauge should I use?