Could just be probing...do you have "noexpn,novrfy" in your
sendmail.cf?
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000 11:33:17 -0600 (CST), Bill Carlson wrote:
>On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Michael Burger wrote:
>
>> Alphabet spam...they take a ton of combinations, and go in
>> alphabetical order.
>>
>> I've seen systems with improperly configured swap space literally
>> come to a crawl, because the mailserver winds up chewing up so much
>> memory while trying to process this crap.
>>
>
>I thought that was it, but they never actually send anything. The message
>ends up 0 bytes.
>
>I even ran sniffit to capture exactly what they were sending the mail
>server, there isn't an actual message sent. Not exactly the way to send
>SPAM.
>
>My only other thought is a DOS attack, but it's doesn't even come close.
>
>I have noticed the addresses are never repeated. I tried setting up some
>valid aliases so I would at least get a copy of the message, no dice.
>
>*shrugs*
>
>Later,
>
>Bill Carlson
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