Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 15:04:54 -0500 From: James Housley <jim@thehousleys.net> To: Robert Hough <rch@qserve.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Spam Message-ID: <38E504E6.A3420CD8@thehousleys.net> References: <4.2.0.58.20000331144400.00c669a0@qserve.net>
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Robert Hough wrote: > > I'm trying to figure out how to stop some spam from hitting my site, and > have yet to figure it out. From the looks of things, it's like the spam > generator being used is basically hitting a mass bulk of my users in an > alphabetic approach. It even hits names in our /etc/aliases file. Is there > some way these people are doing this, and is there a way to stop it? Here's > a look at what my mail log showed me... > > Mar 31 14:34:09 zoe2 sendmail[18256]: OAA18115: > to=<user1@iserve.net>,<user2@iserve.net>,<user3@iserve.net>, > delay=00:00:47, xdelay=00:00:13, mailer=local, relay=local, stat=Sent > > This of course has been edited, but the user[x] would be the actual > username, and these were all alphabetic in order, and each entry contained > about 25+ addresses. It doesn't hit all of my users, and it shows itself to > be coming from the mail-daemon.... > > Any help would be appreciated in this matter, as this is getting really > annoying, and I'm not sure what the deal is. We are running sendmail 8.9.3 > currently, and yes, and upgrade is on my todo list. > Sounds like an inside job, but you might want to look at: http://maps.vix.com/ specificall RBL and RSS. Jim -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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