Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 22:59:21 -0500 (CDT) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: Howard Lew <digital@www2.shoppersnet.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pulling email addresses from freebsd lists Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971015225454.18666A-100000@shell.futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971015200040.27327A-100000@www2.shoppersnet.com>
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On Wed, 15 Oct 1997, Howard Lew wrote: > > Hi guys! > > It appears to me that some users subscribed to the freebsd mailing lists > are pulling email addresses from message writers here and then using > those email addresses to send junk email. > > This must be the case because I even killed my own login name and created a > new one only for reply messages to freebsd mailing lists and it turns out to > be the only one getting hit by spam now. > > I vote to "axe" this person's access. This person doesn't seem to be using > the mailing list as a relay but pulling addresses and then sending them out > directly. This would be their new trick. I use procmail to sort things from owner-freebsd-questions into one folder, etc for the lists I'm on, and this came sailing directly into my inbox. Can't think of any really good way to combat this, since it doesn't route through hub.freebsd.org, except on an individual basis. And since Tracy here used a Netscape mailer (check the header which I deleted), from what looks like a dial-up ISP connection, the obvious solution of a ping -s 4096 -f just doesn't really work. > > --------------------------- > > A quick line to offer you a free bulk email program, use it > for your company mailing list, advertising or starting your own > company newsletter. It does not matter what you use it for it's free. > > Tracy Richardson > Zen Bulk Emailer V3.2 (free) Although from the looks of this, if all of us sent her mail promoting the benefits of a free mailing list manager such as majordomo...? ;) *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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