(Sending to LKML just so nobody else flips out)
OK it wasn't just us. Lemme reassure the admins I just forwarded it to ;)
It seems to list the hostname of whoever receives it (neat trick).
On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Dave Zarzycki did have cause to say:
> On Tue, 17 Apr 2001 [email protected] wrote:
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Arrggg!!! Mumble... grumble... F*cking spammer using my hostname as the
> from address for sending spam...
>
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On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Disconnect wrote:
> (Sending to LKML just so nobody else flips out)
>
> OK it wasn't just us. Lemme reassure the admins I just forwarded it to ;)
>
> It seems to list the hostname of whoever receives it (neat trick).
sendmail, by default, appends its domainname to incoming email that
doesn't have one.
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-- John E. Jasen ([email protected])
-- In theory, theory and practise are the same. In practise, they aren't.
John Jasen wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Disconnect wrote:
>
> > (Sending to LKML just so nobody else flips out)
> >
> > OK it wasn't just us. Lemme reassure the admins I just forwarded it to ;)
> >
> > It seems to list the hostname of whoever receives it (neat trick).
>
> sendmail, by default, appends its domainname to incoming email that
> doesn't have one.
We reject domainless messages, so that's not it.
jjs
On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 12:34:36PM -0700, J Sloan wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
>
> > Dear Friend:
> >
> > YOU CAN make over a half million dollars every 4 to 5 months from
> > your home for a one time investment of only twenty five U.S.
> > Dollars.
>
> This did not originate from toyota.com - The spammer simply
> used that domain as the "from" hostname. We are careful
> about mail server security here, there is no open relay.
>
Yeah, I saw it to with *MY* domain on it and near had a fit!
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Amon" <[email protected]>
To: "J Sloan" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Your response is requested
> On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 12:34:36PM -0700, J Sloan wrote:
> > [email protected] wrote:
> >
> > > Dear Friend:
> > >
> > > YOU CAN make over a half million dollars every 4 to 5 months from
> > > your home for a one time investment of only twenty five U.S.
> > > Dollars.
> >
> > This did not originate from toyota.com - The spammer simply
> > used that domain as the "from" hostname. We are careful
> > about mail server security here, there is no open relay.
> >
>
> Yeah, I saw it to with *MY* domain on it and near had a fit!
Well it's kinda easy to protect yourself against this crap...
Just look through your mailer for 'dollar' || 'dollars' in the *body* of the
message, or more than two exclamation marks in the subject - and you shall
find the bastards ;-)
0.02 e
andreas