From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Jul 28 19:33:08 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA26602 for chat-outgoing; Mon, 28 Jul 1997 19:33:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA26581 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 1997 19:33:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id MAA09548; Tue, 29 Jul 1997 12:02:41 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199707290232.MAA09548@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: bouncing mail from sites without a valid MX/A record In-Reply-To: from Andrew Perry at "Jul 29, 97 08:29:59 am" To: andrew@python.shoal.net.au (Andrew Perry) Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 12:02:41 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Andrew Perry stands accused of saying: > This raises an interesting question, for me anyway. Once again I've > managed to get spam on a new machine, with an e-mail address that I've > only ever used to send to the lists. Trolling lists, or even just list _output_ is fairly common. > Is this hotmail mob that spam people the same lot that offer free e-mail > accounts? And is it possible that they somehow examine all the headers of > mail sent to any of their "free" users in order to increase the size of > their spam lists? Like, if I send mail to the list and one of the > recipients uses hotmail could I then manage to get myself of the spam > list? I don't believe that hotmail engage in such an activity; they've always been very quick to stamp on spammers using hotmail for any facet of their business. Stupid spammers will often list a hotmail address as return address for their spam because they can set up a free mailbox for every spam they send, read the responses, and ignore the flames. If someone bombs their return address, it's hotmail that suffers, not them. I can't say I love hotmail, but I very much doubt that they're fool enough to enter the spam business. > Andrew Perry -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[