From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Feb 21 3:18: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from katrien.skystream.nl (katrien.skystream.nl [195.7.130.55]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66FF237B401 for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 03:17:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from abgoeree@uwnet.nl) Received: from dyn.dailup.c227129023.isd.to (dyn.dailup.c227129023.isd.to [213.227.129.23]) by katrien.skystream.nl (8.11.1/8.11.0) with ESMTP id f1LBFGb07173 for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 12:15:16 +0100 Received: (qmail 1093 invoked by uid 1000); 21 Feb 2001 10:11:49 -0000 From: "Andre Goeree" Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 11:11:49 +0100 To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: ["abgoeree@uwnet.nl"@shell.i-sphere.com: REJECTED MAIL]???????? Message-ID: <20010221111149.D929@mandark.attica.home> Reply-To: abgoeree@uwnet.nl References: <20010220230057.A57762@mandark.attica.home> <14994.61220.340488.445773@guru.mired.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <14994.61220.340488.445773@guru.mired.org>; from mwm@mired.org on Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 04:26:44PM -0600 X-Sender: abgoeree@uwnet.nl Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 04:26:44PM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: > [Replies pointed to -chat] > > Andre Goeree types: > > Could someone please tell me how on earth this > > ended up in my mailbox? The message was sent > > *only* to stable@freebsd.org (and received) > > with no CC BC or whatever. Is this someones > > spam filter going berserk? > > No, it's someones spam filter acting on your message. That it found > something that wasn't spam is a minor problem. It would have been nice > if the message had said *which* IP address was "illegally formed", as > they all look fine to me. > Yes, to me too:) It could just be someone who setup a poor spam filter. On the other hand it could mean trouble with my ISP's DNS servers (i already notified them). I've had something similar some time ago when they where expanding their address space and forgot to register some address pool with the DNS servers. > Rather than install a filter, get a good automated complaint system, > and add a "complain" button to your mailer. If you do it often enough, > you'll get your address on the "complains about spam" blacklist, which > will start killill the spam at the source. That's a lot better than > killing it after it's gotten to your system. > Is there a "complaints about SPAM" blacklist? I didn't know that. Sounds like a list i want to get on:) Would mail/adcomplain do the trick? Hmm, sometimes i get spammed via mailing lists. I can only guess that the spammers don't have my direct mail address, but reacting to these messages would give them the address for sure... > I always wonder what would happen if some popular mailer turned up > with a "Complain about SPAM" button. I suspect it would be more > effective at getting rid of SPAM than all the filters and blocks put > together. > >