I'm seeing massive numbers of subscription lists to various lists we host (including multiple requests to the same list).
These are submitted via a distributed network of hosts, presumably botnet victims / open proxies. The requests are from foo+[0-9]{9}@gmail.com e.g., foo+55216394@ where foo is one of several dropboxes. Obviously, even after being banned, they're still getting a 200 response code, so they keep spamming away, but what's their goal here? Trying to get access to a list so that they can get archives / memberlists (or post to them)? Or just trying to create a nuissance? If the former, why do they submit so many requests for each list? If anyone has seen similar behavior and has more info, please feel free to share on or off list. w ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org