From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Mar 24 18:31:55 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA01166 for chat-outgoing; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 18:31:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA01090 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 18:31:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.webspan.net (mail.webspan.net [206.154.70.7]) by who.cdrom.com (8.8.5/8.6.11) with ESMTP id RAA16613 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 17:47:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from orion.webspan.net (orion.webspan.net [206.154.70.5]) by mail.webspan.net (WEBSPAN/970116) with ESMTP id UAA24998; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 20:44:41 -0500 (EST) Received: from orion.webspan.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by orion.webspan.net (WEBSPN/970116) with ESMTP id UAA09192; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 20:44:40 -0500 (EST) To: Andrew Perry cc: chat@freebsd.org From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: SPAM -- Aren't you the person....? (fwd) In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 24 Mar 1997 20:45:54 +1000." Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 20:44:40 -0500 Message-ID: <9190.859254280@orion.webspan.net> Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Andrew Perry wrote in message ID : > how many people on the lists have received this stuped spam in the last > few hours? I received it 3 times in a few seconds, once on an account > which i've only used to send about 3 mail messages, 2 of them to the > lists. > > Is it possible that someone is spamming the list somehow? Or querying > majordomo for the addresses? Although the one account which i've only used > for a few messages wasn't even subscribed to the list. > > any ideas anyone? I dunno. It's most likely that the mail address culling s/w is getting smarter. I got two spams (one to a freefall alias I think), and forwarded them both to abuse@worldnet.att.net within minutes. I hope that the person has been dealt with. (Since they used a hotmail From: line I also CC:'d hotmail). Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info