-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 September 20, 2003 01:10 am, Graham Watkins wrote: > Hi Y'all, > > This may not be strictly Mandrake related but as there's a smart bunch > of guys here, it seems a good place to ask. > > In the last few days, I've received about 20 or so returned mail > messages that bear no relation to any mails I've sent. > > This is a typical example: > It's more likely someone that has your address in their Outhouse depressed address book that has been co-opted by one of the rampant "little friends" prone to attach themselves to Windows. It looks like a random "From" generated by a worm I mean.
If you ain't running the Virus Transport System it's unlikely to be anything to worry about it. Just filter it. Charlie > > "Hi. > I'm sorry the message returned below could not be delivered to the > following addresses: > > > > Undeliverable mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Message follows:" > > (No message follows) > > > The disturbing possibility occurs to me that my box is being somehow > used to relay spam. Is there any way I could check? Have you guys come > across this? If so, how did you deal with it? > > Although I claimed off topic status for this, if it is the result of > spam relay, it does have security implications for Mandrake. > > I'm using Mandrake 9.0, and getting my mail with mozilla 1.1. I'm > running shorewall (although I don't really understand it enough to > fiddle with it) and Clam Anti Virus shows no infections. > > The group's advice would be much appreciated. - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-10mdk 01:23:53 up 14:03, 1 user, load average: 0.48, 0.32, 0.27 Does a good farmer neglect a crop he has planted? Does a good teacher overlook even the most humble student? Does a good father allow a single child to starve? Does a good programmer refuse to maintain his code? -- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of Programming" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/bAFsG11CaRuZZSIRApMmAKCkWKOtmvLuMoUZzZNvgBAM9IDOrwCfbyOc hbeaLhfnIgBT2Pq4jVi6Png= =N/1r -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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