Seems my mail server was acting in open relay mode. I fixed it, and deleted all the junk mail that had been forced into our system.

Today, another message was held in the system because it was a relay message which I am now not allowing. I forced this message to go into my inbox rather than the email address it was intended to be relayed to. Upon opening it, I see that it is an advertisement for a weight loss pill. Well, checking my router and firewall logs, I see it appears to have come from a certain IP addy that traces back to Rome, Italy. The business mentioned in the email is from Dayton, Oh. Upon further examination, the email has two recieve headers, one pointing to Rome Italy, the other pointing to an ISP in Dayton, OH. I am assuming that the origin was Dayton OH with a spoofed IP tracing back to Rome Italy.

What do I do? Call up this business and curse them? Call their ISP (Qwest) and get mad? Call our lawyers and sic them on this Dayton OH business? Call the police?

Thanks,