Subject: Standing-up to bounce attacks

From: "IDG Connect" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:29:49 -0400

Often, while doing their dirty work, spammers will forge the return addresses on messages they deliver so that any bounce mail they generate (i.e. any message that bounces back whenever the spammer delivers email to a non-working address), is misdirected to another, innocent email server.

     Why should you care? Simple. If your company's email server is ever the target of a misdirected bounce attack, you're in for big trouble. The reason: most email servers just weren't designed to stand-up to the HUGE amount of traffic such an attack can generate, and they'll fail under the load.

     To learn more about bounce attacks, as well as strategies and tools you can deploy to ensure that your email system won't buckle when your unlucky day comes, click on the link below to download a FREE copy of the whitepaper "Internet Email Traffic Emergency", available now via IDG Connect compliments of Computerworld and IronPort. It's a must-read!

http://mailer.idgconnect.com/t/247174/1169123/9073799/0/

Best regards,
IDG Connect

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