I'm still getting about 60 per hour that make it through to my inbox. They're going to config my account to filter all "non-deliverables."
Our IT guy has been speaking to NOC and I guess it's a huge nat'l issue right now.
100 E-mail Bouncebacks? You've Been Backscattered.http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145449/100_email_bouncebacks_youve_been_backscattered.htmlAt its worst the phenomenon can even wipe Internet servers off the map.
Last month, Stephen Gielda, president of Packetderm, upset a fraudster who was trying to use his anonymous Internet service. Soon his servers were inundated with a tidal wave of backscatter messages. At one point, he was being hit by 10,000 bounceback messages per second, enough to throttle the server's Internet connection.
Gielda had to take his site off-line for five days as he waited for the problem to abate. "I'm used to backscatter, but I'd never seen it at this level before," he said.My guy always thinks stuff like this is done by security companies, looking to sell software.