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Article: Barracuda Spam Firewall Rejects Invalid Non-Delivery Report (NDR) Messages.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- August 21, 2008
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New Invalid Bounce Suppression Feature Blocks Bounce Messages Resulting From Spoofing Attacks
CAMPBELL, Calif. -- Barracuda Networks Inc., the worldwide leader in email and Web security appliances, today announced a new feature in the Barracuda Spam Firewall that can differentiate legitimate Non-Delivery Report (NDR) messages - also known as bounce messages - from invalid NDR messages resulting from spoofing attacks. Using Invalid Bounce Suppression, the Barracuda Spam Firewall prevents "backscatter" messages from reaching innocent email senders.
"Backscatter is an unfortunate side effect of the continued prevalence of email spoofing by spam campaigns ...