Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-17 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-10-17T02:38:58Z, Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That's kinda cool. I use mysql for sympa and really don't want to have to convert that, nor do I have the patience to adapt it right now. It looks very promising though. Thanks. I've had it running on production systems for

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Tom
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 10:56:13AM +0100, Eliot Stock wrote: After my first post to this list last night, I woke up this morning to find 40 helpful MS security updates in my inbox. How are other people dealing with this? Does the list consider this a problem, or is it just up to me to fight

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Please adjust your word wrap to 72 columns to allow for quoting. On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 10:56:13AM +0100, Eliot Stock wrote: After my first post to this list last night, I woke up this morning to find 40 helpful MS security updates in my inbox.

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Jan Schulz
Hallo! * Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I don't understand is, once I accidentally posted with my real email. Immediately, spam. Me too :( Another mailadress burned. F**k I used to post with tb.nospam@domain, and didn't get any spam for a couple months. Then, one. So I switched, and

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Tim Ruehsen
Hi Eliot, after posting the first time with a newly created email the day after I received ~100 virus emails. I saw a least three different virus types. Since I don't want to download all these mails (got a slow connection) I installed a filter at GMX (my email provider) which says 'Delete

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread James Mills
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 10:56:13AM +0100, Eliot Stock wrote: After my first post to this list last night, I woke up this morning to find 40 helpful MS security updates in my inbox. How are other people dealing with this? Does the list consider this a problem, or is it just up to me to fight

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 12:58:36PM +0200, Jan Schulz wrote: Unfortnatelly this will not prevent any 'real' spammer to get your emailadress. Both get caught by spamassassin, but real spammer at least don't sent 140kb... Please report these just

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 09:30:10PM +1000, James Mills wrote: What can we do besides spoof our email address ? Obviously it's already too late for me :( Report virus propagators to the offending ISP. Take the last header before it reaches your ISP

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread James Mills
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 04:35:15AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 09:30:10PM +1000, James Mills wrote: What can we do besides spoof our email address ? Obviously it's already too late for me :( Report virus propagators to the offending ISP. Take the last header before

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Amal Phadke
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 10:56:13AM +0100, Eliot Stock wrote: After my first post to this list last night, I woke up this morning to find 40 helpful MS security updates in my inbox. How are other people dealing with this? Does the list consider this a problem, or is it just up to me to fight

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 03:22:34 -0700 Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 10:56:13AM +0100, Eliot Stock wrote: After my first post to this list last night, I woke up this morning to find 40 helpful MS security updates in my inbox. How are other people dealing with this?

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 09:30:10PM +1000, James Mills wrote: On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 10:56:13AM +0100, Eliot Stock wrote: After my first post to this list last night, I woke up this morning to find 40 helpful MS security updates in my inbox. How are other people dealing with this? Does

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 08:21:56PM +0800, David Palmer. wrote: I've wondered if it is the same for everyone, and that whoever is behind swen has access to MSs' mailing list? No idea, there. But I'm amazed the Fed hasn't stuck it to Microsoft for

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 09:59:55PM +1000, James Mills wrote: And this often works ? Amazingly enough, yes. I have myself tried to report infected users but gave up when I recieved no replies from the ISPs. Report every instance. ISPs seem to

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 08:21:56PM +0800, David Palmer. wrote: On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 03:22:34 -0700 Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I don't understand is, once I accidentally posted with my real email. Immediately, spam. I used to post with tb.nospam@domain, and didn't get any spam

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Jan Schulz
Hallo! * Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [swen] Please report these just like spam (just remember you have to do it by hand and not via spamcop). I've been approaching 75% kill rate thanks to cooperative ISPs. Not everybody is online all the time. I've disabled my 'non local' SA tests

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 02:33:18PM +0200, Jan Schulz wrote: | Hallo! | | * Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | [swen] | Please report these just like spam (just remember you have to do it by | hand and not via spamcop). I've been approaching 75% kill rate thanks | to cooperative ISPs. |

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 10:56:13AM +0100, Eliot Stock wrote: | After my first post to this list last night, I woke up this morning | to find 40 helpful MS security updates in my inbox. | | How are other people dealing with this? Join the club. My answer is in the archives and various parts of

spamassassin rules for swen? [Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list]

2003-10-16 Thread Michael A. Miller
Amal == Amal Phadke [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am currently using combination of Spamassassin and access control via /etc/mail/access (I use sendmail) with good success. Now MS Patches are down to one or two per day. Before I used to get about 80 or more in a day. What

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 11:29:25AM -0400, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: Paul is welcome to keep reporting the stuff he gets (say, if you want I'll redirect all the copies I get to you instead of the bit bucket) No thanks, I get enough on my own.

Re: spamassassin rules for swen? [Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list]

2003-10-16 Thread Marshal Wong
On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 08:51, Michael A. Miller wrote: Amal == Amal Phadke [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am currently using combination of Spamassassin and access control via /etc/mail/access (I use sendmail) with good success. Now MS Patches are down to one or two per

RE: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread DePriest, Jason R.
My main work system is Windows 2000 Pro and I check my email with Outlook XP through a corporate Exchange server. There is no SPAM filtering being done on the Exchange servers as the Messaging Group is horribly understaffed and has trouble keeping a manager and they can't be bothered with extra

Re: spamassassin rules for swen? [Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list]

2003-10-16 Thread Amal Phadke
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 10:51:20AM -0500, Michael A. Miller wrote: Amal == Amal Phadke [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am currently using combination of Spamassassin and access control via /etc/mail/access (I use sendmail) with good success. Now MS Patches are down to one or two

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-10-16T10:28:07Z, Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm glad you asked. Feel free to make a cron script to grab this handy, dandy net-lsearch-able list of relays I've found to have virus infected users behind them and put it in /etc/exim4/infected-hosts.txt Paul, I released this

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Pigeon
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 11:29:25AM -0400, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 02:33:18PM +0200, Jan Schulz wrote: | Hallo! | | * Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | [swen] | Please report these just like spam (just remember you have to do it by | hand and not via

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 03:04:29PM -0500, Kirk Strauser wrote: I released this today; you may be interested: http://subwiki.honeypot.net/cgi-bin/view/Freebsd/NewTrino That's kinda cool. I use mysql for sympa and really don't want to have to