Re: Cranfield.ac.uk now blocking mail from encephalon.com

[John R Levine]

> Every majordomo based mailing list at Cranfield.ac.uk just (early Sunday,
> Oct 10, 1999) experienced a subscription or attempted subscription from
> 
>   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> Until I get a satisfactory explanation for this (which I have to take as
> extremely suspicious) I am blocking all email from enephalon.com to
> Cranfield.ac.uk.

That's a reverse mailbomb attack.  Someone doesn't like sbergeon and is 
trying to forge subscriptions to a gazillion lists.  In all likelihood 
the forger isn't anywhere near that domain.

I've set my mail aliases so I keep copies of mail to majordomo, to make it
easier to track both deliberate and inadvertent mailbomb attacks like this
one. 

Regards,
John Levine, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",
Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://iecc.com/johnl, Sewer Commissioner
Finger for PGP key, f'print = 3A 5B D0 3F D9 A0 6A A4  2D AC 1E 9E A6 36 A3 47