Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos - So much for that idea.

2004-12-01 Thread Len Conrad
Yes, attacking spammers is wrong. You know this, you shouldn't be doing it. Your IP address and request have been logged and will be reported to your ISP for further action. And some of you people want to play nice, be careful, be polite with people who have the above attitude? The spammer

RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos - So much for that idea.

2004-12-01 Thread Ted Galerneau
Well, I guess this makes my last two posts pointless. However I still feel that although participating by running a BOT.Scr could be a rewarding feeling, I still feel that it could end up being unleashed when it's not really necessary on innocent web hosts, causing their services to be degraded

RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos - So much for that idea.

2004-12-01 Thread Ted Galerneau
Subscriber network operators whose subscribers' machines are infected but refuse to block port 25 egress are the Taliban harboring al Quaida terrorists blowing up innocent MXs. I say nuke em. That much I totally agree with and as indicated elsewhere be sure that the entity hosting the

RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Len Conrad
You will be singing a different tune Len if someone from your ISP has a site that hires a spam company and you are on the receiving end of this misdirected attack. No, I won't. I will be disconnecting the someone as having violated their ToS. Or say someone gets mad at you and hires someone to

RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Ted Galerneau
Len Said: * So, Ted, having thought harder, you don't want Lycos or anybody else to counter-attack with DDoS against spamvertiser sites? You thoughtful position is that the status quo where spamvertizers can hire untouchable criminals and their wide-open ,compromised networks of

OT - RE: [IMail Forum] Great MX firewall to put in front of your IMail server

2004-12-01 Thread Pat Hastings
Jeff, You mention that you still need to use declude to scan for all email that is delivered locally (i.e. from one IMail user to another on the same box) We have got a similar situation sending emails to messagelabs to be scanned for viruses etc. Does anyone know of a way to get IMail to send

RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Ted Galerneau
Scott said: * It's like receiving junk mail and calling the 800# that is listed. Doing so once to complain can be justified. Calling them 100 times a day cannot be justified (other than you trying to cost them money). -Scott

RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Ted Galerneau
Good point, this could be making money for the bad guys! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Barker Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 1:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites Boy, if

RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Ted Galerneau
Or they could just email the web hosting company saying they are going to do it if the site is still online in 2 days :) If it is, blast them 100% until it's offline :) Most web hosting companies host many sites, often on the same IP address. Attacking one of them effects them all, what about the

Re: OT - RE: [IMail Forum] Great MX firewall to put in front of your IMail server

2004-12-01 Thread R. Scott Perry
You mention that you still need to use declude to scan for all email that is delivered locally (i.e. from one IMail user to another on the same box) We have got a similar situation sending emails to messagelabs to be scanned for viruses etc. Does anyone know of a way to get IMail to send all

RE: OT - RE: [IMail Forum] Great MX firewall to put in front of your IMail server

2004-12-01 Thread Rick Klinge
Does anyone know of a way to get IMail to send all emails through a gateway host rather than just remote emails? Maybe: http://support.ipswitch.com/kb/IM-19980116-DM01.htm Or: Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ ~Rick

RE: OT - RE: [IMail Forum] Great MX firewall to put in front of your IMail server

2004-12-01 Thread Pat Hastings
As usual Scott - Good point. A slightly amended question then is does anyone know how to route all emails - except those from the gateway host - via an external gateway. I am assuming from your reply Scott the answer is as I thought, no. BTW Ipswitch - this is some functionality that Exchange

RE: OT - RE: [IMail Forum] Great MX firewall to put in front of your IMail server

2004-12-01 Thread Pat Hastings
HI Rick, Thanks for the reply but that is how to set up Imail as a Gateway for other email servers to use. I need to route all emails from Imail via an external gateway. Pat -Original Message- From: Rick Klinge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 December 2004 12:18 To: [EMAIL

RE: [IMail Forum] OT: Mail Config Issue

2004-12-01 Thread tim.altena
Then it would require and exchange CAL for everyone would it not? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darin Cox Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 5:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] OT: Mail Config Issue That works...only

Re: [IMail Forum] OT: Mail Config Issue

2004-12-01 Thread Darin Cox
Right. Everyone that has an Exchange account so they can use the groupware features. For small businesses you can cover a lot of users quickly with the MS Action Pack subscription. Darin. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 01,

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Darin Cox
Let's separate the method from the goal. Saying that just because someone thinks a certain method is wrong means that they don't want the same goal is twisting the logic. We all want to stop the spammers...but we have to realize that the way that we do it is important. Two wrongs do not make a

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Darin Cox
It's all fine and good until it happens to you... And if it happens to you, you'll make darn sure to get it fixed quick and darn sure to minimize possibilities of CD to you in the future. The whole idea that we can't counter-attack spammers in self-defense because of hypothetical CD is bogus.

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Darin Cox
Not self-defense...see other posts. Darin. - Original Message - From: Len Conrad [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 12:39 PM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites I know revenge is a terrible sin jeez, drop the

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Darin Cox
Morality is not involved. Our MXs cheeks have been getting slapped silly for years. Everything we do is defined by our morality/ethics. To do otherwise is to essentially have no morality/ethics... and they have a word for that: Sociopath. vigilantism in self-defense makes sense, is

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Darin Cox
Hard to tell though... but I feel (a bad word to use when discussing legality!) confident that as an end-user of the app, we're not as likely to be directly involved in the legal battle beyond maybe a cease-and-desist order of some kind (a false sense of security on my part?? :) Whether or

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Jason @ AreaTech
Whether or not any legal action will be taken against us is not justification for performing the action. If a mob kills a murderer, would not the mob be guilty of murder? Darin. No, not if it was in self defense. If that murderer was attacking the mobster everyday threatening his very

RE: [IMail Forum] OT: Mail Config Issue

2004-12-01 Thread tim.altena
This cost is the reason we went the way the way we did. We have one domain that spans both an exchange server and Imail, BTW we have multiple other domains running on both boxes it is just this one that spans both. I have 95% of my users in that domain remote and they use Imail mailboxes and

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Len Conrad
Let's separate the method from the goal. ok, you can try. Saying that just because someone thinks a certain method is wrong means that they don't want the same goal is twisting the logic. agreed We all want to stop the spammers... ie, the goal. but we have to realize that the way that we do it

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Darin Cox
Ok then. By that definition, logs would have to be examined to prove that the spammer had indeed been spamming each person participating in the counterattack. Those that had not received spam from the spammer would then be prosecuted. However, juries/judges give someone the benefit of the doubt

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Len Conrad
Not self-defense...see other posts. COUNTER-attacking spamvertizers' websites that are attacking our MXs is ABSOLUTELY self-defense, and thereby justifiable and not immoral. Len _ http://IMGate.MEIway.com : free anti-spam

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Jason @ AreaTech
Ok then. By that definition, logs would have to be examined to prove that the spammer had indeed been spamming each person participating in the counterattack. Those that had not received spam from the spammer would then be prosecuted. However, juries/judges give someone the benefit of the

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Darin Cox
Hmmmsome good points. There is a bit of difference between blacklists and a DDoS against spammers, though. Blacklists come with all sorts of caveats... knowing that there can be false positives, and that it is the responsibility of the user of the blacklist to adjust for any false positives

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Chris Moody
Darin, Morality and Ethics are molded by what we can and cannot do or get away with. It's a sad fact of humanity. There is a reason why fighting back is a popular option. Governments do a very poor job of policing technology. Spammers spam because they get away with it and it is profitable.

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Len Conrad
Everything we do is defined by our morality/ethics. I just drank some coffee, took a shower, ate breakfast. Is conventional morality/ethics involved? vigilantism in self-defense makes sense, is defensible in the absence of enforced laws. Vigilantism is NOT self-defense Drop vigilante from the

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Len Conrad
Ok then. By that definition, logs would have to be examined to prove that the spammer had indeed been spamming each person participating in the counterattack. Those that had not received spam from the spammer would then be prosecuted. huh? prosecuted by whom? for doing what? why are the

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Darin Cox
Hmmm...while we all know the legal system is not doing enough, they are doing something...several spammers have been brought to trial and sentenced over the past yearso we can't say that nothing is being done. However, perhaps more effective lobbying would be in order to keep pushing for

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Bill Foresman
ok, let's stop with the politics and get back to Imail issues. We're all big kids now so we can make our own decisions regarding Lycos. Respectfully, Bill Len Conrad wrote: Everything we do is defined by our morality/ethics. I just drank some coffee, took a shower, ate breakfast. Is

RE: [IMail Forum] some misconceptions corrected

2004-12-01 Thread William Van Hefner
I am pretty sure that Ipswitch is going to stick to this bad decision to dump Imail, for whatever bizarre reason. Personally, I think that the company should be put on suicide watch, but that's what they've decided to do. For anyone who doubts this, just try going to http://www.imail.com . I think

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Darin Cox
- Original Message - From: Len Conrad [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites Ok then. By that definition, logs would have to be examined to prove that the spammer had indeed

RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Welch, Tom
BRNNNGGG! -Original Message- From: Len Conrad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 10:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites Ok then. By that definition, logs would have to be examined to

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Len Conrad
There is a bit of difference between blacklists and a DDoS against spammers Not at all. Do you subscribe to RBLs? Have you qualified that every IP that you are blocking with a RBL query has specifically attacked your MXs? though. Blacklists come with all sorts of caveats... knowing that there

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Darin Cox
Drop vigilante from the conversation. It seems to have a very heavy baggage for you, and by your Wild West definition, immoral. No baggage... I don't think I can psychoanalyzed by a few posts here. (btw, when the USA decided that the world governing body, UN, was not effective, the USA, as a

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Len Conrad
Hmmm...while we all know the legal system is not doing enough, they are doing something. Going through the motions, a few show cases, out of the many 1000's of spammers world-wide, and have you noticed how spam, phishing, spyware, has all gone down as a result? didn't thing so. ..several

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Len Conrad
What about CAN-SPAM and the spammers that have been put in jail. totally ineffective, from my POV as MX admin IMGate for one. IMGate doesn't stop spam, it rejects spam. not attacking, but defensively COUNTER-attacking. Counter-attacking is not defense. It's offense. jeez, I have been/am/will be

RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Christopher Checca
And what about laws/police outside of the USA where so many spam gangs/virus writers/spyware operate? How are you going to address that from within the USA? Send in the Marines? Len Maybe we should send in the Marines, they like to go to new and exotic places, meet new and exotic peoples,

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Mike K @ NetDotCom
Until WORLDWIDE laws and penalties with EVERY connected nation in agreement is passed and offenders prosecuted all this haggling about what is and isnt' is just WAG. And any and all comparisons are pointless. Mike To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive:

Re: [IMail Forum] some misconceptions corrected

2004-12-01 Thread S.J.Stanaitis
Um...dude...imail.com never worked. I've typed it in accidentally when trying to go to the ipswitch site. Ipswitch.com is the correct site. Sam William Van Hefner wrote: I am pretty sure that Ipswitch is going to stick to this bad decision to dump Imail, for whatever bizarre reason.

RE: [IMail Forum] some misconceptions corrected

2004-12-01 Thread Marc Funaro
actually, it very much used to work. I can remember entering that address and being taken to ipswitch promo pages for imail. Unless I've totally lost it... m -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of S.J.StanaitisSent: Wednesday,

Re: [IMail Forum] some misconceptions corrected

2004-12-01 Thread S.J.Stanaitis
Must have been before my time then...cos I"ve gone there a couple times in the past few months/year and it never worked...ah well shrug. Maybe that lycos screensaver was pointed at it :) Sam Marc Funaro wrote: actually, it very much used to work. I can remember entering that address

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Rod Dorman
On Tuesday, November 30, 2004, 09:15:05, Ted Galerneau wrote: Two wrongs have never added up to equal one right :) Perhaps... but three lefts do :-) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] The avalanche has already started, it is too Rod Dorman late for the pebbles to vote. – Ambassador Kosh

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread S.J.Stanaitis
I have an alternate idea...involving the data this Lycos project uses... A Blacklist Proxy. Here's how it works. A spammer sends SPAM out from an IP, it gets blacklisted, as well as the IP of the server which is hosting any websites advertised in the SPAM. This Blacklist Proxy is integrated

Re: [IMail Forum] some misconceptions corrected

2004-12-01 Thread Darin Cox
Too funny...ROFL... Darin. William Van Hefner wrote: I am pretty sure that Ipswitch is going to stick to this bad decision to dump Imail, for whatever bizarre reason. Personally, I think that the company should be put on suicide watch, but that's what they've decided to do. For anyone who

RE: [IMail Forum] Slow 56k Links

2004-12-01 Thread MARTIN PIGG
It appears as thought Outlook (at least Outlook 2002) is setup by default to download headers only. I am Pretty Sure the tech doing the testing hadn't modified the default settings. When the test machine was returned to me, I verified that only the headers should have been downloaded. And yet,

Re: [IMail Forum] some misconceptions corrected

2004-12-01 Thread Rod Dorman
On Wednesday, December 1, 2004, 13:26:04, Marc Funaro wrote: actually, it very much used to work. I can remember entering that address and being taken to ipswitch promo pages for imail. Unless I've totally lost it... No offence but I think you've lost it :-) A comparison of the whois info

RE: [IMail Forum] some misconceptions corrected

2004-12-01 Thread R. Scott Perry
actually, it very much used to work. I can remember entering that address and being taken to ipswitch promo pages for imail. Unless I've totally lost it... You've lost it. :) Go to http://www.archive.org and you'll see that as far back as 1998, www.imail.com wasn't associated with Ipswitch.

Re: [IMail Forum] some misconceptions corrected

2004-12-01 Thread Jeffery Rehm
It's interesting that Easylink owns imail.com. Not sure why that would be since Easylink is a fax service provider. - Original Message - From: Rod Dorman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 14:03 Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] some misconceptions

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Len Conrad
I have an alternate idea...involving the data this Lycos project uses... There are also other servers that already provide lists of URLs to be blocked by content-scanning. This Blacklist Proxy is integrated into Internet Providers, businesses, etc... just won't happen in subscriber access

RE: [IMail Forum] some misconceptions corrected

2004-12-01 Thread Marc Funaro
Yes I have lost it. I was thinking of the Serv-U/Rhinosoft.Com relationship... sorry. Serv-U is their FTP server product, and it does in fact have it's own domain and redirect, but it's by RhinoSoft, that also has its own website. Sorry for the confusion. -Original Message- From:

Re[2]: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Pete McNeil
On Wednesday, December 1, 2004, 1:43:19 PM, Rod wrote: RD On Tuesday, November 30, 2004, 09:15:05, Ted Galerneau wrote: Two wrongs have never added up to equal one right :) RD Perhaps... but three lefts do :-) That's two dimensional thinking for you... _M To Unsubscribe:

Re: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Chris Moody
Please lets not get into Quantum physics...it's too early (or late, take your pick) for that. - Original Message - From: Pete McNeil [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Rod Dorman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 3:43 PM Subject: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam

Re: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Darin Cox
Probably a superposition of the late early states...impossible to determine until we wake up and observe it. Darin. - Original Message - From: Chris Moody [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 4:06 PM Subject: Re: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] Lycos

RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Ted Galerneau
That is like saying since someone on a bus shot at you, it's ok to blow up the bus and kill innocent people. Web sites are normally on shared servers with many other web sites, blatantly and blindly attacking one of them is essentially attacking them all. This is just not a good idea INHO, this

RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Ted Galerneau
The legal system hasn't been able to stop murderers, rapists and drug dealers either. But does this mean we start punishing all citizens so we will be sure to get the ones that are doing the crimes? Absolutely not, we just need to have a better plan that what Lycos is doing. They need to at least

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Jason @ AreaTech
That is like saying since someone on a bus shot at you, it's ok to blow up the bus and kill innocent people. Yes. That's exactly what we are saying. Since the bus driver/bus company will not do ANYTHING to stop the shooter. It is currently too profitable for the Bus company to keep people

RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Ted Galerneau
We need to go after the ISP companies that allow them to do it. That is the only logical way to stop it. If they move it to other countries, block that country until they also submit. If they are unable to do legitimate international trade and communications via email, they will be forced to adopt

RE: [IMail Forum] some misconceptions corrected

2004-12-01 Thread Ted Galerneau
That was funny, thanks for the smile :) I sincerely don't wish them any misfortune or bad luck. However I think what goes around comes around and they are in for a reality check by their own hand. But who knows what the future will bring? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Len Conrad
That is like saying since someone on a bus shot at you, it's ok to blow up the bus and kill innocent people. We aren't talking about murder or any kind of bodily, personal violence. We talking about a DDoS of a stupid machine. Please try to see the difference. Web sites are normally on shared

Re[4]: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Pete McNeil
On Wednesday, December 1, 2004, 4:19:25 PM, Darin wrote: DC Probably a superposition of the late early states...impossible to DC determine until we wake up and observe it. Seems that the wave function enveloping the meaning of Don't get into quantum physics has been collapsed and we were lucky.

Re[2]: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Pete McNeil
On Wednesday, December 1, 2004, 5:50:13 PM, Ted wrote: TG The legal system hasn't been able to stop murderers, rapists and drug TG dealers either. But does this mean we start punishing all citizens so we TG will be sure to get the ones that are doing the crimes? Absolutely not, we TG just need to

RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Len Conrad
will be sure to get the ones that are doing the crimes? Absolutely not, we just need to have a better plan that what Lycos is doing. They need to at least notify the web hosting company they plan to attack and give them a chance to make things right before they do it! Why do you assume the DDoS

RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Dave Riddle
At 03:46 PM 12/1/2004, you wrote: That is like saying since someone on a bus shot at you, it's ok to blow up the bus and kill innocent people. Your analogy is entirely wrong. The better comparison to what Lycos is trying to do would be to force the bus to drive very slowly until the bus driver

RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Ted Galerneau
I agree and will try to stop commenting on this :) What we have here is a difference of opinion. What the pro Lycos supporters are doing is much like the KKK mentality. Narrow minded thinking with misguided thoughts about the logical carriage of justice. This whole thread is starting to get

RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Dave Riddle
will be sure to get the ones that are doing the crimes? Absolutely not, we just need to have a better plan that what Lycos is doing. They need to at least notify the web hosting company they plan to attack and give them a chance to make things right before they do it! If Lycos was seeking to DoS

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Doug Traylor
Can anybody actually get to this (www.makelovenotspam.com) website anymore? According to some people on slashdot, http://it.slashdot.org/it/04/12/01/0250244.shtml?tid=111tid=218 it has been down since last night, and I haven't been able to hit it or get the screensaver to connect since yesterday.

Re[2]: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Pete McNeil
On Wednesday, December 1, 2004, 6:05:05 PM, Dave wrote: DR At 03:46 PM 12/1/2004, you wrote: That is like saying since someone on a bus shot at you, it's ok to blow up the bus and kill innocent people. DR Your analogy is entirely wrong. The better comparison to what Lycos is DR trying to do

Re[2]: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Pete McNeil
Just got this from it: Yes, attacking spammers is wrong, you know this, you shouldn't be doing it. Your ip address and request have been logged and will be reported to your ISP for further action. Also, note: This machine is not hacked, this page is returned for EVERY request. Thanks for

RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Dave Riddle
At 04:14 PM 12/1/2004, you wrote: I agree and will try to stop commenting on this :) What we have here is a difference of opinion. What the pro Lycos supporters are doing is much like the KKK mentality. Narrow minded thinking with misguided thoughts about the You sir are an ASS. Yes, we have a

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Dave Riddle
(83.241.136.230) but nolonger. Think they are being ddos'ed or did their lawyers shut 'em down? I think as was reported earlier they are being DDoS'd. The spam gangs certainly control enough zombie machines to flood Lycos's site to death. To Unsubscribe:

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Martin Schaible
Hi Doug, It works fine. After following this thread, i played a bit with this site. I can't believe it, it's really true, useless and a big nonsense. Am Donnerstag, 2. Dezember 2004 um 00:24 schrieben Sie: Can anybody actually get to this

RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Kevin Bilbee
I can get to it just fine. Kevin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Doug Traylor Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 3:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites Can anybody actually

RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Len Conrad
If Lycos was seeking to DoS the site to the point of taking it down I would agree. However, their flooding the site to 85% of it's bandwidth capacity would certainly get the Admin's attention that you mean business RIGHT NOW without completely compromising his operations. There will be wide

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Michael Graveen
At 05:24 PM 12/1/2004, you wrote: Can anybody actually get to this (www.makelovenotspam.com) website anymore? According to some people on slashdot, http://it.slashdot.org/it/04/12/01/0250244.shtml?tid=111tid=218 it has been down since last night, and I haven't been able to hit it or get the

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Bill Foresman
If the spammers succeed in shutting Lycos down then I fear that few would join in to help out. If this is their response then I think this justifies helping Lycos even if it's the wrong thing to do. Dave Riddle wrote: (83.241.136.230) but nolonger. Think they are being ddos'ed or did their

Re[2]: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Pete McNeil
On Wednesday, December 1, 2004, 6:43:20 PM, Len wrote: snip/ LC Is the reason that people here want to play nice with these LC criminals/gangs/thieves is that you run a web hosting service yourself and LC have no way to validate that your customers are strictly legit? This might be part of it.

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Bill Foresman
Noticed a typo in this. I meant to say the more of us should download the scr to help Lycos get this off the ground. I don't think we should let the spammers set a precedant where no one will actively do anything to really slow them down. Spam is getting out of hand and it's costing us all.

Re: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Bill Foresman
Now that I think of it this was the best marketing idea of seen in quite a while! Bill Foresman wrote: If the spammers succeed in shutting Lycos down then I fear that few would join in to help out. If this is their response then I think this justifies helping Lycos even if it's the wrong thing

[IMail Forum] how to stop logging logon and logoffs?

2004-12-01 Thread MIS Dept
Does someone know how to stop loging users loging in and out of the email server? The file is called sys%date%.txt in the spool folder and it's completely useless for me, it's just using CPU time unnecessarily. It could be useful for troubleshooting purposes, but I don't need this data in

Re: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Darin Cox
We monitor our customers religiously to avoid any one customer jeopardizing service for everyone else. We also turn potential customers down all of the time because their business would violate our terms of service. Reports are run every night and inspected every morning to let us know of any

Re: Re[4]: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Darin Cox
Well...he said Quantum Physics, but he meant Spacetime... so I figured it was OK grin I'm still trying to figure out where you were going with something other than lefts and rights in more than 2 dimension... Darin. - Original Message - From: Pete McNeil [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Darin

RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Ted Galerneau
Ok, if you are talking about attacking the spammers bus I fully agree. But attacking a web host without first giving them a chance to boot the spamvertizer is like attacking a bus driver that didn't know what one of his passengers was going to do so he couldn't have stopped it. All the other

Re: [IMail Forum] how to stop logging logon and logoffs?

2004-12-01 Thread Bud Durland
MIS Dept wrote: Does someone know how to stop loging users loging in and out of the email server? Sure. Change their mail password or delete their mail account. Of course, at that point the mail server isn't much use. The snippet of log file you posted is very likely someone's mail program

[IMail Forum] Too many password attempts

2004-12-01 Thread Allen Armstrong
Hi, I was wondering if there was anyway to make so Domain admins can unlock an account that has been suspended by too many password tries. Right now I have to go into the windows interface and do it. Ttyl, Allen Armstrong

Re: [IMail Forum] how to stop logging logon and logoffs?

2004-12-01 Thread Darin Cox
I think he wanted to stop the Logging of POP logins, not to stop users from logging in. I think in IMail 8 and higher you can set the POP and SMTP traffic for separate log files, at least then separating the two, but it may require a reg tweak if IMail was upgraded from 6 or 7. Or perhaps just

[IMail Forum] KWM icons

2004-12-01 Thread Bill Foresman
Are there any better looking icons for KWM? The ones that come with it are pretty weak. To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/

RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Ted Galerneau
snip Len Said: ** Is the reason that people here want to play nice with these criminals/gangs/thieves is that you run a web hosting service yourself and have no way to validate that your customers are strictly legit? Len ** I run a web hosting service, and I can

RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Ted Galerneau
Least I know someone is reading these :) Sorry, I didn't mean to yank anyone's chain and I am really not the other word for a mule as you indicated. I am an honest hardworking kind of guy. I was merely making a comparison of where people take the law into their own hands, which is not right. KKK

RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Ted Galerneau
A prime example of why this is not a logical approach. Not only are they flooding Lycos they are flooding every router between them and their target, along with everyone on their backbone, the same way Lycos was going to do to them. We all need to put on our thinking caps and find another

RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Mark
Just out of curiosity. people take the law into their own hands Which law would you be referring to? At 10:14 PM 12/1/2004, you wrote: Least I know someone is reading these :) Sorry, I didn't mean to yank anyone's chain and I am really not the other word for a mule as you indicated. I am an

RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Len Conrad
I run a web hosting service, and I can validate that no spam is being sent from our servers Sourcing spam isn't what we're talking about. Are you sure none of your customers are running phishing operations? selling counterfeit viagra/cialis? counterfeit rolex watches? hosting warez or selling

RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Len Conrad
A prime example of why this is not a logical approach. Not only are they flooding Lycos they are flooding every router between them and their target, along with everyone on their backbone, the same way Lycos was going to do to them. wrong. It doesn't take very much to shut down an HTTP service

RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Ted Galerneau
There are laws against spammers, Lycos and anyone that helps them is being judge, jury and hangman. That is all I meant. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 8:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE:

RE: [IMail Forum] Lycos screensaver tackles spam websites

2004-12-01 Thread Ted Galerneau
On the contrary, we do police our own servers as much as we can and view every site often. We even scan our servers for compressed files to verify out clients are not offering pirated software for downloads and more. We do everything we can to run a clean legitimate business. So far we've had two