Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 13:43:07 -0600 From: Craig Boston <craig@tobuj.gank.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SPAM/virii apparently from freeBSD addresses. Message-ID: <200403011343.08007.craig@tobuj.gank.org> In-Reply-To: <xzpfzcstspb.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0402291639340.27862-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> <20040301032856.GA10110@xor.obsecurity.org> <xzpfzcstspb.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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On Monday 01 March 2004 10:53 am, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > Swen and MyDoom are easy to detect and reject at the SMTP stage. The > fact that our mail servers don't do this is a PITA, as it forces list > subscribers to accept them as well (if you reject list mail because it > contains a virus, Mailman disables your subscription) Most of the Swens I get don't come from the list servers but are sent to my= =20 subscription address directly (probably grabbed from posts to the list). I have a separate address for each list to make sorting easier. When I set= up=20 freebsd-hackers, I was getting Swen sent to me within an hour of posting to= =20 the list for the first time. I filter it but it still wastes bandwidth... Craig
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