Bounsing SPAM BACK!

[Dellius]

Hey m8s ;-)

 

I downloaded an AppleScript that is supposed to bounce back the junk email I get.

 

Here it is:

 

using terms from application "Mail"
  on perform mail action with messages theMessages
  tell application "Mail"
	 repeat with eachMessage in theMessages
		bounce eachMessage
	 end repeat
  end tell
  end perform mail action with messages
end using terms from

 

My question is how do I set it up to delete the junk message after it bounces it back to where it came from?

[Rammjet]

try:

bounce eachMessage

delete eachMessage

[wow]

I once used a email bouncer, i noticed my mail got even more.

 

Then i used the spamfilter of thunderbird, filters almost every junkmail.

[xtraa]

I like the idea but it will never reach the spammer. It will just cause useless

traffic and maybe some mailer daemons. The mail addresses in spam mails

are not real mail accounts.

 

If you want to prevent spamming, use an extra account for your registrations

and public, and a second one, just for you, your friends and your family.

 

Alternatively, you could use a free service like spamgourmet.com as a bouncer

infront of your real address.

[Dellius]

I like the idea but it will never reach the spammer. It will just cause useless

traffic and maybe some mailer daemons. The mail addresses in spam mails

are not real mail accounts.

 

If you want to prevent spamming, use an extra account for your registrations

and public, and a second one, just for you, your friends and your family.

 

Alternatively, you could use a free service like spamgourmet.com as a bouncer

infront of your real address.

 

 

I am already using exactly that kind a thing.

 

I have a domain with a catch-all box and when I start getting SPAM i just BAN the recepient. But still messages are stored on the server in my junk mailbox. So I decided to give the spammers some of their own pills and that's why I want in addition to bounce all the junk they send to my banned aliases and delete it after that.

 

Anyway thanks for your time m8s. It's working like a charm. ;-)

Edited December 20, 2006 by Dellius

[sg]

bouncing email is useless, most return addresses (99%) are invalid, most mail servers that actually send the spam are overloaded. to make things worse, since the sender email is fake, it might actually go to someone that isnt spamming, and they'll end up reporting you for spam.

 

a bounce is only good if you're on a legit email list and removal requests are being ignored.

 

if you want to report spam and actually do your part in preventing it, report it to spamcop or some org that accepts spam reports (they look at the full email headers, and send off a report to the offending ISP(s) and tag it as spam). if they get enough reports they add it to a black list.

 

as for your idea on setting up a honeypot for spam, you'll only get anywhere by blocking the SMTP server that sent you the mail, and it will be a never ending task unless you automate it.

[U.C.]

Why dont you guys try Boxbe.com. They pay you, for the spam you get. Atleast kinda. Also all other normal mail is simply forwarded to your normal email address.

[wow]

i had an account special for friends. But somehow that one leaked to. So so since a week i get a few spams on that adres. Instead of look in mail for spam. I choose the whitelist method combined with the empty deleted posts after closing mail. Its fail safe and i dont get irritated anymore. Whitelist = only mail send by people in my adresbook get accepted the rest automaticly goes to deleted posts.