Undeliverable email from system administrator (unknown email address)
I am a System Admin for a small company. Some of my users are undeliverable emails from "System Administrator", which they didn't send. Here is the Actualmessage:
From: System Administrator Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 6:59 AMTo: Barbara BogleSubject: Undeliverable: Anjelina Jolie XXX Video Free.
Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients.
Subject: Anjelina Jolie XXX Video Free.
Sent: 7/30/2008 6:59 AM
The following recipient(s) cannot be reached:
aparker@inlandrc.org on 7/30/2008 6:59 AM
The e-mail account does not exist at the organization this message was sent to. Check the e-mail address, or contact the recipient directly to find out the correct address.
<ircmail2.irc.sb #5.1.1>Barbara Bogle is not a "System Administrator".Please help
August 1st, 2008 7:52pm
Your users received the notification because the reply address on the spammail was spoofed. Happens all the time. The server for inlandrc.com should have generated a smtp-error instead. By sending notifications it acts as an open relay making spammers very happy.
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August 3rd, 2008 5:42pm
Please refer to the following article for further information:
Reverse NDR
http://www.cryer.co.uk/glossary/r/reverse_ndr.htm
Mike
August 4th, 2008 9:26am