gnupic: how'd we get spammed
Subject:
Re: how'd we get spammed
From:
Alex Holden ####@####.####
Date:
6 Jan 2001 13:46:05 -0000
Message-Id: <Pine.LNX.4.04.10101061332430.1106-100000@hyperspace.linuxhacker.org>
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Andy N1YEW wrote:
> did anyone else get the message sent by ####@####.####
That is almost certainly an invalid address. Spammers don't usually send
from a valid address, because if they did it would be possible for us to
filter them out (not to mention the abuse they would receive). I believe
his real details (from whois ####@####.#### are probably:
person: Schropp Roland
address: Ritzmais 10
address: 94253 Bischofsmais
address: DE
e-mail: ####@####.####
The SPAM was sent from a t-online dialin account via gate.ots-ag.de, which
is probably an open relay. I have notified t-online; hopefully they will
terminate his account (though I doubt that will deter him, it should at
least inconvenience him a little).
On a side note, I actually get quite a lot of spam (at least two messages
a week) sent to the old GNUPIC mailing list address, but because such
messages don't get automatically forwarded to the new list I just ignore
them. Ok, so I should really report them to the relevant ISPs, but I'd
rather not waste any more time than necessary on them when the worst I
can actually do is mildly inconvenience them by getting them kicked from
their ISP.
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