From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 26 07:59:29 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC5C637B401 for ; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 07:59:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (genesi.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F88D43FD7 for ; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 07:59:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from localhost (cain.gsoft.com.au [203.38.152.97]) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.12.9/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h3QExG21072173; Sun, 27 Apr 2003 00:29:18 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) From: "Daniel O'Connor" To: Mike Harding , stable@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 16:59:16 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <20030426142745.14E165312@netcom1.netcom.com> In-Reply-To: <20030426142745.14E165312@netcom1.netcom.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200304261659.16255.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> X-Spam-Score: -0.4 () CARRIAGE_RETURNS,IN_REP_TO,NO_COST,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_03_05,SUBJECT_IS_LIST,USER_AGENT X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.16 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) Subject: Re: blackmail attempt? Stable mailing list block? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 14:59:30 -0000 On Sat, 26 Apr 2003 16:27, Mike Harding wrote: > "If you would like a site be added or removed from BlarsBL, you may hire > Blars at his normal consulting rates (currently $250/hour, 2 hour > minimum, $1000 deposit due in advance for non-established customers) > to investigate your evidence about the site. If it is found that the > entry was a mistake, no charge will be made and the entire deposit > will be refunded. Send Blars email from a non-listed account to verify > current rates and arrange payment." > > (Further research indicates that blars may be legit, but this is kind > of sleazy) Yeouch! Pretty slimy :( > The 'rejection' text appears as follows: > > Your message with the subject & > "'last' working OK for everybody on 4-STABLE?" addressed to > "stable@freebsd.org" was rejected by a open relay > due to smtp server is listed at block.blars.org smtp server is listed > at blackholes.five-ten-sg.com smtp server is listed at xbl.selwerd.cx I got this too when I sent a message about firewire. I tried sending via my work and home systems using an ssh tunnel, but both produced this response. I am very confident both systems are not open relays too.. -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 9A8C 569F 685A D928 5140 AE4B 319B 41F4 5D17 FDD5