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How can you know when you're about to send a bounce to a backscatter? I'd love to know this!

• LIV2 7y ago
  Sorry for the extremely late reply, but you can test using http://its-netzwerk.com/bscatter/ http://its-netzwerk.com/bscatter/ Alternatively attempt to send a message to a nonexistent address on your MTA using telnet which should throw an error after "RCPT TO" if the server is configured correctly Steps to test SMTP via telnet: https://my.esecuredata.com/index.php?/knowledgebase/article/112/test-your-smtp-mail-server-via-telnet https://my.esecuredata.com/index.php?/knowledgebase/article/...
  • cx42net 7y ago
    Thank you for your reply. From my understanding, what you suggest is that a backscatter uses a return path email that does not exists? My understanding was that a backscatter uses an email that is not his, in order to deliver a message without sending it directly (and making the bounce server act like a spammer). Am I missing something?
    • willbrowning 7y ago
      Here is a good blog post [1] that explains backscatter and some ways to help prevent it. [1] https://willem.com/blog/2019-09-10_fighting-backscatter-spam-at-server-level/ https://willem.com/blog/2019-09-10_fighting-backscatter-spam...
      • cx42net 7y ago
        Thanks!