From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Jan 5 15:36:50 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA02150 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 15:36:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from st-lcremean.tidalwave.net (st-lcremean.tidalwave.net [208.213.203.186]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA02142 for ; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 15:36:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lee@st-lcremean.tidalwave.net) Received: (from lee@localhost) by st-lcremean.tidalwave.net (8.9.1/8.8.8) id SAA06371; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 18:36:07 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from lee) Message-ID: <19990105183607.A6277@tidalwave.net> Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 18:36:07 -0500 From: Lee Cremeans To: Licia , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mailing List Spam [ wasRe: Read this, and use appropriately...] Reply-To: lcremean@tidalwave.net References: <19990106094420.Z78349@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: ; from Licia on Tue, Jan 05, 1999 at 05:19:26PM -0600 X-OS: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT X-Evil: microsoft.com Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Jan 05, 1999 at 05:19:26PM -0600, Licia wrote: > > If I configure my system to bounce mailling list messages from spammers, > how would that likely affect the systems (and my subscriptions?) > > Should I simply add a "bit bucket" option to Bouncer to accept the mail and > dump it to nowhere instead of bouncing it? I think we can nip this in the bud at the source. I checked the headers, and the spam is coming from what appears to be a personal account (natch) on Earthlink. The relevant info is here: Received: from htxgxvqm.getmoretraffic.com (CBL-panamerican.hs.earthlink.net +[208.233.115.216]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA20058 for ; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 14:26:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from getmoretraffic@getmoretraffic.com) -- +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Lee Cremeans -- Manassas, VA, USA (WakkyMouse on DALnet and WTnet)| | lcremean@tidalwave.net| http://st-lcremean.tidalwave.net/~lee | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message