Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 13:18:18 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: "Daniel A." <ldrada@gmail.com> Cc: Timothy Radigan <tradigan@newrevolutions.net>, eol1@yahoo.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Spam on the list Message-ID: <4419B9FA.5060603@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <5ceb5d550603160746q7fcc887ayaeb2b0101d1e0f54@mail.gmail.com> References: <20060316150324.75874.qmail@web51903.mail.yahoo.com> <004101c6490d$7d907720$680aa8c0@pmc.dhs.gov> <5ceb5d550603160746q7fcc887ayaeb2b0101d1e0f54@mail.gmail.com>
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Peter Thoenen wrote: >>> Lately I have noticed a massive increase in SPAM on various FBSD lists. >>> Do we not have some sort of filter? On 3/16/06, Timothy Radigan <tradigan@newrevolutions.net> wrote: >> I have to agree. I thought my spam filtering rules got messed up in my mail >> client, but after further investigation I noticed that they were fine. > >> Any thoughts? > > Daniel A. wrote: >Yes indeed, this spam is sent to the list itself. >I was very puzzled when I woke up this morning. > >The spam seems to be in russian. > > Ah, then, it's working!! </evil-laugh> Just kidding. I'm pretty sure that some spam filtering is/has been done in the past. IIRC, it's one reason that the FBSD MX's run (ran?) Postfix. I imagine that the filters are still in place ... these lists have such a long history on the 'Net, and are very public (with archives all over), so spam bots could hardly avoid grabbing the list addresses ..... So, either the spam is smarter, or something's regressed. And, actually, most of what I'm seeing is English, and from a similar source. So, the other possibility, besides random spam, is that ... well, I'll let you guess, but it also happens occasionally. Most likely it will be temporary; I'd be fairly confident that somebody with control of said server is or will soon be aware of the issue and is doing or will soon do something about it. Kevin Kinsey -- I hate trolls. Maybe I could metamorph it into something else -- like a ravenous, two-headed, fire-breathing dragon. -- Willow
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