Hi y'all
My mailserver has started getting a lot of spam in the last few days.
Basically, people are sending emails with loads of random email addresses - approx 90+ per email. They're not getting through - they get rejected then blocked. I wondered if anyone else has noticed anything similar?
I'm not entirely sure of what this gets them. The occasional spam getting through can't be worth it. Or are they trying a scattergun approach to try and find valid email addresses or accounts? Or are they trying to overwhelm mail servers to exploit bugs in them? Or something else?
Anything I should do?
I'm getting quite close to saying "ah to ${badplace} with it, lets use a commercial mail-server", but I'm quite attached to the features I have with mine.
For my email accounts, I can have unlimited email suffixes on them e.g. example@mydomain.invalid example-mailinglist@mydomain.invalid example-somecompany@mydomain.invalid example-ALUG@mydomain.invalid
etc - anything after the "-" can be specified. I use this so that I can work who spams email address, or leaks my email address to spammers, and for easy blockage. Does anyone provide a service like this for less than megabucks?
Steve