We are getting these also. It seems everyone got one of them, and the subject looks to be a sequential number. Looks like a fishing expedition to find valid addresses- perhaps they are using an automated process to remove the numbers of all undeliverables, thereby finding valid IPs by the process of elimination?
But then again we deny after 3 invalid user attempts, so they must have found our addresses beforehand. I notice they are coming from different IPs, as previously mentioned. BTW sorry about the vacation emails (seyre). I tried to unsubscribe that old user from the forums, but it must take some time. I have no idea why this has started happening now- the user has been gone 3 years. John -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Carter Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 8:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] sligtly OT: Strange emails with numbers Yea, but gives. Are they maybe the successful deliveries of a dictionary attack?? What's the purpose? John C -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matti Haack Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 7:25 AM To: Kevin Rogers Subject: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] sligtly OT: Strange emails with numbers As far as I could trace some mails, they orginate from anywhere. Some are listed in Blacklists as Dialups. So I think they are zombies. Matti > We've also been getting these. Seems to be coming from France (could > be spoofed or zombied): 84.4.238.182 or 213.56.53.63 > Matti Haack wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I observe a growing number of text/HTML eMails with faked >> mail-from Adress (mailfrom=mailto) comming in to our server. >> >> The messages and the subject consists only of some numbers and the >> mail originates from different server. The HTML-code of the mail is >> clean and simple: >> >> <html><body> >> 5556 >> >> <br> >> </body></html> >> >> Is this a new way how spammers test accounts? Or is this a >> broken virus? >> >> Do you have any information an this? >> >> Matti >> >> - >> Matti Haack - Hit Haack IT Service Gmbh Poltlbauer Weg 4, D-94036 >> Passau >> +49 851 50477-22 Fax: +49 851 50477-29 >> http://www.haack-it.de >> >> >> >> Dieses Dokument ist ausschliesslich fuer den Adressaten bestimmt. >> Jegliche Art von Reproduktion, Verbreitung, Vervielfaeltigung, >> Modifikation, Verteilung und/oder Publikation dieser E-Mail-Nachricht >> ist untersagt, soweit dies nicht ausdruecklich genehmigt wurde. >> Jegliche Haftung fur Ansprueche, die aufgrund der Kommunikation per >> E-Mail begruendet werden koennten, ist ausgeschlossen, soweit der >> Haftungsausschluss gesetzlich zulaessig ist. >> >> -- Ausgehende E-Mail wurde auf Viren gescannt -- 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/ >> >> >> > 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/ - Matti Haack - Hit Haack IT Service Gmbh Poltlbauer Weg 4, D-94036 Passau +49 851 50477-22 Fax: +49 851 50477-29 http://www.haack-it.de Dieses Dokument ist ausschliesslich fuer den Adressaten bestimmt. Jegliche Art von Reproduktion, Verbreitung, Vervielfaeltigung, Modifikation, Verteilung und/oder Publikation dieser E-Mail-Nachricht ist untersagt, soweit dies nicht ausdruecklich genehmigt wurde. Jegliche Haftung fur Ansprueche, die aufgrund der Kommunikation per E-Mail begruendet werden koennten, ist ausgeschlossen, soweit der Haftungsausschluss gesetzlich zulaessig ist. -- Ausgehende E-Mail wurde auf Viren gescannt -- 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/ 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/ 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/
