I see it all the time.  Here is some useful information:

http://www.monkeys.com/anti-spam/filtering/formmail.html


----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Ulrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 10:54 AM
Subject: [IMail Forum] SPAM / DOS attack -- from Virginia


> We've had someone spamming / attacking our network last night / today.
> We finally tracked it down.  They were "relaying" off of a formmail script
> on a website.
> Found about 120 instances of BLAT.exe running.
>
> Killed the site.  Brought it back up.  Started again.
>
> I've since blocked the IP addresses being used and so far, so good.
>
> Anyone see this kind of abuse / attack / "relay" before?
> Any good way to block the abuse of someone's formmail or other script?
>
> Also, I've tracked this down to a provider in Virginia.  Don't they have
> some tough
> laws down there?  Anyone familiar with it and what can realistically be
> done there?
>
> Thanks
>
> Chris
>
>
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