Email domain name hijack

dyanamo

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Hi.
It seems a spammer has gotten or guessed our email domain and is spamming people from it. There is nothing wrong with the server and the server itself isnt hijacked. They just putting our address as there reply-to.

Is there anything we can do or report this to?

Thanks
 
You can only take steps to limit the reach of that spam by implementing SPF &/or domain keys.

You can also look at BATV to reduce the bounce-backs to your server(s) generated from spam campaigns.
 
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Is there anything we can do or report this to?
You would report it to the ISP where the spam originated. But you unlikely to get them to stop by doing that :p

Just get SPF configured correctly for your domain and they'll stop pretty quickly. Most spammers ditch an SPF protected domain within 2-8 weeks of you activating it.
 
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