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Living Room / Re: Someone may be maliciously using my domain name
« on: June 30, 2012, 03:27 AM »
SPF records can help.
You can also note the IPs of the server that the mail originated from and contact the abuse address of that server to report that it is generating spam.
Although not always successful, in many cases spam is generated by abusive clients on web hosting services. Reporting the spam to the owner of the originating server can sometimes get the spam-generating site shut down, at least providing a break in the flood before they set up a replacement spam generator.
You can also note the IPs of the server that the mail originated from and contact the abuse address of that server to report that it is generating spam.
Although not always successful, in many cases spam is generated by abusive clients on web hosting services. Reporting the spam to the owner of the originating server can sometimes get the spam-generating site shut down, at least providing a break in the flood before they set up a replacement spam generator.