Re: [users] Re: Blocking spam

2001-05-09 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Martin Feeney (on Wed, 09 May 2001 11:09:48AM +0100): > Except you'll then try to download the 200k email. try using top instead > of retr. It'll get the headers plus a bunch of lines of the message. good point. thanks. martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \__

Re: [users] Re: Blocking spam

2001-05-09 Thread Martin Feeney
On Tue, 08 May 2001 20:05:20 MaD dUCK wrote: > figure out which mail it is (i.e. which index), then telnet to port > 110 of your isp and delete it yourself with the following command > sequence (this is POP3): > > %> telnet mail 110 > USER username > PASS password > DELE 35 > QUIT > > you can us

Re: [users] Re: Blocking spam

2001-05-08 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Alvin Oga (on Tue, 08 May 2001 01:06:12PM -0700): > i dont use or allow pop3 ftp/telnet is NOT allowed either all the users allowed to do port 110 POP3 have /bin/false shells on my systems. i allow anonymous ftp only and all HTTP auth is handled by SSL channels. if you have ssh you

Re: [users] Re: Blocking spam

2001-05-08 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya "mad" On Tue, 8 May 2001, MaD dUCK wrote: > also sprach Alvin Oga (on Tue, 08 May 2001 12:38:33PM -0700): > > if you can telnet into the machine... > > at port 110, you can probably login on the telnet/ssh port ??? > > do what? think about this again. what if your POP3 server is a windoz

Re: [users] Re: Blocking spam

2001-05-08 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 12:38:33PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > - seems silly to disallow ssh into a pop3 server in my book > especially to those that would like to do so to clean > up emails first Well, I wouldn't give the average POP user a shell account at all, but use a DB for P

Re: [users] Re: Blocking spam

2001-05-08 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Alvin Oga (on Tue, 08 May 2001 12:38:33PM -0700): > if you can telnet into the machine... > at port 110, you can probably login on the telnet/ssh port ??? do what? think about this again. what if your POP3 server is a windoze machine??? > - i think that if one were using insecur

Re: [users] Re: Blocking spam

2001-05-08 Thread Alvin Oga
hi if you can telnet into the machine... at port 110, you can probably login on the telnet/ssh port ??? - i think that if one were using insecure pop3, they might as well allow you to telnet/ssh in ( your already have a login account ) - seems silly

Re: [users] Re: Blocking spam

2001-05-08 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 08 May 2001, MaD dUCK wrote: > figure out which mail it is (i.e. which index), then telnet to port > 110 of your isp and delete it yourself with the following command > sequence (this is POP3): > > %> telnet mail 110 > USER username > PASS password > DELE 35 > QUIT > > you can use RETR 34

Re: [users] Re: Blocking spam

2001-05-08 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach V.Suresh (on Tue, 08 May 2001 10:51:54PM +0600): > I do use procmail, and if i am right, procmail will start work only > after the whole mail has been downloaded by fetchmail, am I right? > Suppose a mail of 200 KB resides in your inbox on a pop3server, > and you want to delete i