From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 20 10:56:43 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A282A1065672; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:56:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aiza21@comclark.com) Received: from avmxsmtp1.comclark.com (avmxsmtp1.comclark.com [202.69.191.115]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD8DA8FC1C; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:56:42 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AisVAFslzUvKRa0WPGdsb2JhbAAHgw2YeAEBAQE1rDuRM4EqgnduBIMx X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.52,241,1270396800"; d="scan'208";a="14968801" Received: from unknown (HELO [10.0.10.3]) ([202.69.173.22]) by avmxsmtp2.comclark.com with ESMTP; 20 Apr 2010 18:56:39 +0800 Message-ID: <4BCD8865.7090408@comclark.com> Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:56:37 +0800 From: Aiza User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthew Seaman References: <20100420154455.G14495@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <4bcd52f8.05g7tnWntHqFWB7u%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4BCD5F2B.4050705@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4BCD5F2B.4050705@infracaninophile.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, perryh@pluto.rain.com, smithi@nimnet.asn.au, postmaster@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [SPURIOUS] Delivery Status Notification(Failure) (fwd) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:56:43 -0000 Matthew Seaman wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 20/04/2010 08:08:40, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: >> Ian Smith wrote: >> >>> Has anyone (everyone?) else been receiving these DSNs a week or so >>> after having posted to freebsd-questions@ ? Since around early >>> April? >>> >>> I've had four such in the last three days ... >>> >>> If it's 'just me' I can block their source, but if more widespread >>> I'll ask our esteemed postmaster (cc'd) to try hunting the errant >>> recipient. >>> >>> cheers, Ian >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> >>> Your message: >>> To: twelcome@mobileemail.vodafonesa.co.za >>> Subject: Re: reliable rs-232 >>> Sent Date: 25:05 +0000 >>> has not been delivered to the recipient's BlackBerry Handheld. >> Now that you mention it, yes. A posting to "freebsd-questions@" >> about 01:00 (US Pacific) on Apr 06 did not get one of those, but >> one about 01:10 on Apr 08 and three (one about 01:00, two about >> 19:10) on Apr 09 did. The first notice turned up at 20:16 Apr 16, >> and the other three between 20:13 and 20:15 on Apr 17. All four >> specify the same recipient address as yours. > > I've seen exactly one bounco like this -- but only after grepping > through lots of mail logs and my junk folder. One bounce is bad enough > if it goes back to the whole list -- but that could be excused as a > momentary aberration. Any more than that is grounds for reporting the > message to postmaster@freebsd.org and having the sender blacklisted: > anyone that configures a mail server to send error notifications to an > entire mailing list needs a) to spend some quality time studying the > SMTP RFCs and b) to step away from the keyboard /now/ as they are > clearly not competent to run a mail server on the Internet. > > Thoroughly recommend using relaydb(1) to teach your mail system where > you've received spam from in the past and make sure it doesn't happen > again. I've a cron job that processes the contents of my Junk > mailfolder through relaydb on a daily basis. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > - -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard > Flat 3 > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate > Kent, CT11 9PW I also have been getting Delivery Status Notification(Failure) about recipient's BlackBerry Handheld. But following that I also get mail from the questions postmaster saying my emaill is spaming junk mail and it has a zip file attached. The email headers only have single hop to me. Looks like forged email. Sender hoping i will unzip the file so it can install a Trojan. I just delete it.