Ok, I guess I didn't realize that Received: headers could be forged and inserted after the fact. After doing some more research, I noticed that the next Received: header has usually been a dynamic IP from an ISP, which doesn't seem like it would be a real mail server that I could send to. Thanks.
If it was just the "From:" header I could see ignoring it, but since my IP address shows up in the Receieved header, I think there's something wrong.
Here's a sample from a bounced message:
Received: from xx.xx.xx.xx (HELO a.mx.DOMAIN.com)
by pietercil.com with esmtp (0;L)K8-.7 .,1/+>)...
I have a qmail server running for sometime now that hasn't had any problems. I recently started seeing spam bounces, with the format of the email being dwDOMAINm@DOMAIN.com. Looking at the headers, it appears to be coming from my server. I tested for relay and there appear to be no holes. I...
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