RE: SMTP AUTH

2005-05-05 Thread Drew Weaver
Are you going to sue him like you threatened to sue us in 2001 for blacklisting you? :D -Drew -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Anderson Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 12:01 AM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: SMTP AUTH Using SORBS

Re: SMTP AUTH

2005-05-04 Thread Michael . Dillon
> C'mon folks... let's get back to the usual complaining about the size of > the global routing table :) Wow! A short message that only quotes the essential points being responded to and doesn't leave pages of irrelevant quotes following the poster's own words! Amazing!

Re: SMTP AUTH

2005-05-03 Thread Dean Anderson
On Wed, 4 May 2005, Matthew Sullivan wrote: > No it's because you're off topic. Whether justified or not SORBS > complaints and SORBS bashing are not on-topic for NANOG. This is not particularly about SORBS bashing. Its about the need for SMTP AUTH, whether SMTP AUTH sto

Re: SMTP AUTH

2005-05-03 Thread Matthew Sullivan
Dean Anderson wrote: On Mon, 2 May 2005, Matthew Sullivan wrote: Off topic again Dean...? Can't you keep on topic and keep the personal attacks out of the list...? Funny how its only off topic when its about your abuse. No it's because you're off topic. Whether justified or not SORBS

Re: SMTP AUTH

2005-05-03 Thread Jared Mauch
; > DON'T, other than MUA-only programs like mailx and mutt with no SMTP > > > support at all. When I worked at a mediumish sized hosting company with > > > probably well over 100k mail users, I can't _ever_ recall hearing about > > > a complaint of a custo

Re: SMTP AUTH

2005-05-03 Thread Dean Anderson
pport at all. When I worked at a mediumish sized hosting company with > > probably well over 100k mail users, I can't _ever_ recall hearing about > > a complaint of a customer using a mail client that didn't support SMTP > > auth. Where are all these ISPs requiring SMTP AUTH.

Re: SMTP AUTH

2005-05-03 Thread Dave Stewart
At 01:53 PM 5/3/2005, you wrote: -- Av8 Internet Prepared to pay a premium for better service? www.av8.net faster, more reliable, better service 617 344 9000 All this argument about a guy whose business website is a GIF, with 4 links above it, 2 of which point to a machine that's refusin

Re: SMTP AUTH

2005-05-03 Thread Dean Anderson
On Mon, 2 May 2005, Matthew Sullivan wrote: > Off topic again Dean...? Can't you keep on topic and keep the personal > attacks out of the list...? Funny how its only off topic when its about your abuse. > Dean Anderson wrote: > > >ignored. Then, in the fall of 2003, when the major open rela

Re: SMTP AUTH

2005-05-03 Thread Dean Anderson
nderson wrote: > > > But only 16 email clients (counting Netscape, Mozilla, and Firefox > > separately), support SMTP AUTH. But there are more than 1000 different > > email client programs. > > Firefox isn't an email client... maybe you're thinking of Thunderbir

Re: SMTP AUTH

2005-05-02 Thread Steve Sobol
Will Yardley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are plenty of non-Windows mailers which support SMTP auth - the > list below includes quite a few Mac OS, cross platform, and UNIX / Linux > clients. Not only that, but on a *nix system, it's possible to configure > the MTA a

Re: a call for peace (Re: SMTP AUTH)

2005-05-02 Thread Randy Bush
>> does a better job. The following does very nicely for me, for the >> record :-) >> >>> # Valley of the Kooks >>> >>> :0 >>> * ^(From|To|Cc):.*baptista@(pccf\.net|dot-god\.com) >>> /dev/null >>> >>> :0 >>> * ^(From|To|Cc):[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> /dev/null >>> >>> :0 >>> * >>> ^(From|To|Cc):.*(jim

Re: a call for peace (Re: SMTP AUTH)

2005-05-02 Thread paul
i quoted somebody as saying: > >> :0 > >> * ^From:.*<[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> /dev/null and was told by an actual procmail user the following: > That regex needs some work (the left-angle bracket excludes messages sent > with a bare address), and: > > > it does no good for me to filter out the

Re: a call for peace (Re: SMTP AUTH)

2005-05-02 Thread Steven Champeon
on Mon, May 02, 2005 at 01:55:19PM +, Paul Vixie wrote: > > in this interminable thread from hell, someone finally said the magic words: > > > Thankfully, there's always procmail. > > and helpfully gave a specific recipe: Yeah, but not the one you really need. Thankfully, there's always mo

Re: SMTP AUTH

2005-05-02 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 5/2/05, David Lesher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered: > > http://palmsource.palmgear.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=software.showsoftware&prodid=44646 > > > > Look at that, a PalmOS app that does exactly what you're looking for. > > Doesn't seem

a call for peace (Re: SMTP AUTH)

2005-05-02 Thread Paul Vixie
gnoring DNS TTL? Y -[ 75: Dean Anderson ] Re: SMTP AUTH < 25: "Patrick W. Gilmore"> Re: Slashdot: Providers Ignoring DNS TTL? < 26: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> < 14: Matthew Sullivan> < 84: "Edward B. Dreger&q

Re: SMTP AUTH

2005-05-02 Thread David Lesher
Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered: > > http://palmsource.palmgear.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=software.showsoftware&prodid=44646 > > Look at that, a PalmOS app that does exactly what you're looking for. > Doesn't seem to have been too difficult to find. I looked at Snappe

Re: SMTP AUTH

2005-05-02 Thread Tim Wilde
On Mon, 2 May 2005, David Lesher wrote: Well, if someone knows a program for the Treo 6xx that does SMTP-Auth w/APOPI'm all ears... (& over SSL would be a big plus...) Let's see here... Google for "palm smtp auth"... first link... scroll down a bit... http:/

Re: SMTP AUTH

2005-05-02 Thread David Lesher
with > probably well over 100k mail users, I can't _ever_ recall hearing about > a complaint of a customer using a mail client that didn't support SMTP > auth. Well, if someone knows a program for the Treo 6xx that does SMTP-Auth w/APOPI'm all ears... (& over SSL wo

Re: SMTP AUTH

2005-05-02 Thread Matthew Sullivan
Off topic again Dean...? Can't you keep on topic and keep the personal attacks out of the list...? Dean Anderson wrote: ignored. Then, in the fall of 2003, when the major open relay blacklists shutdown, open relay abuse JUST DROPPED OFF TO NOTHING. And when SORBS started scanning, abuse picked

Re: SMTP AUTH

2005-05-01 Thread Will Yardley
zilla, and Firefox > separately), support SMTP AUTH. But there are more than 1000 different > email client programs. Firefox isn't an email client... maybe you're thinking of Thunderbird? There may be lots of programs, but most / all of the ones that people actually USE support SMTP a

Re: SMTP AUTH

2005-05-01 Thread Joe Maimon
Yes it is kindof amazing how well it works.. Unlike others on this list I have never claimed to have any credibility. I am just a small time op. Dean Anderson wrote: Using SORBS? just how much credibility do you want to lose? -- Forwarded message -- Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 23:30

Re: SMTP AUTH

2005-05-01 Thread Randy Bush
> Just be glad no one has set up a net kook DNSBL yet. won't work. the trogs post to mailing lists. procmail is my friend and could be yours. but i can't figure out why otherwise seemingly sane folk keep replying to known kooks. randy

Re: SMTP AUTH

2005-05-01 Thread James
On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 12:11:35AM -0400, Richard A Steenbergen wrote: > > On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 12:01:16AM -0400, Dean Anderson wrote: > > > > Using SORBS? just how much credibility do you want to lose? > > > > -- Forwarded message -- > > Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 23:30:00 -0400

Re: SMTP AUTH

2005-05-01 Thread Richard A Steenbergen
On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 12:01:16AM -0400, Dean Anderson wrote: > > Using SORBS? just how much credibility do you want to lose? > > -- Forwarded message -- > Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 23:30:00 -0400 > From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject:

Re: SMTP AUTH

2005-05-01 Thread Dean Anderson
Using SORBS? just how much credibility do you want to lose? -- Forwarded message -- Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 23:30:00 -0400 From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Returned mail: see transcript for details The original message was received at

Re: SMTP AUTH

2005-05-01 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Sun, 01 May 2005 23:37:53 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > these either have 'Antique' tags on them or are painted National School Bus > Chrome (National Bureau of Standards Color #1305)...) Figures. Another reference says it's Standard 595a, Color 13432.. ;) pgpfOZNJwJmJ7.pgp Description: PG

Re: SMTP AUTH

2005-05-01 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Sun, 01 May 2005 22:50:29 EDT, Dean Anderson said: > But only 16 email clients (counting Netscape, Mozilla, and Firefox > separately), support SMTP AUTH. But there are more than 1000 different > email client programs. If you go to Microcenter, you can buy several > email client

Re: SMTP AUTH

2005-05-01 Thread Dean Anderson
gt; DA> > DA> Neither of these links actually work. But it is "Draft Standard". That is > > s,199,1999, you need more than that: http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/1999-11/msg00289.html I said: "The SMTP AUTH RFC 2554 is standards track, but not standard

Re: SMTP AUTH

2005-05-01 Thread Dean Anderson
This seems like a new thread, so I changed the title. inline On Sun, 1 May 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, 01 May 2005 21:09:50 EDT, Dean Anderson said: > > criticisms (made presumably in 1999), were correct. In 2005, SMTP AUTH is > > basically dead. There hasn&#x

Re: qmail smtp-auth bug allows open relay

2003-07-19 Thread Stephen Sprunk
Thus spake "John Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > seems that there are installs of the smtp-auth patch > to qmail that accept anything as a user name and password > and thus allow you to connect. > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=qmail&m=105452174430616&w

Re: qmail smtp-auth bug allows open relay

2003-07-16 Thread Jack Bates
Margie Arbon wrote: Check your mail logs campers. You're joking, right? *headache just thinking about those logs* -Jack

Re: qmail smtp-auth bug allows open relay

2003-07-15 Thread Margie Arbon
--On Tuesday, July 15, 2003 8:17 PM -0600 John Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Nope, I thought it might be operational in nature. ergo spammers and others now scanning for qmail-smtp-auth patch users and using those weak sites as a relay. I think this *is* operational in nature. F

Re: qmail smtp-auth bug allows open relay

2003-07-15 Thread John Brown
Yup, what he said. yeah, all those lovely home based DSL/Cable/Wireless users with Linux/BSD qmail-smtp-auth setups thinking they are safe and can relay off of their nifty box at home / soho. We john On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 01:53:38AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, 14

Re: qmail smtp-auth bug allows open relay

2003-07-15 Thread John Brown
Nope, I thought it might be operational in nature. ergo spammers and others now scanning for qmail-smtp-auth patch users and using those weak sites as a relay. the issue is that those sites will PASS the current "open relay" check tools and thus not be BLACK LISTED. Hey, what a co

Re: qmail smtp-auth bug allows open relay

2003-07-14 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 20:45:44 -0800, "W.D. McKinney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Did you mean to post this on the qmail list per chance ? > On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 08:34, John Brown wrote: > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=qmail&m=105452174430616&w=2 Doubtful, he's *citing* a posting from an arc

Re: qmail smtp-auth bug allows open relay

2003-07-14 Thread W.D. McKinney
John, Did you mean to post this on the qmail list per chance ? Dee On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 08:34, John Brown wrote: > seems that there are installs of the smtp-auth patch > to qmail that accept anything as a user name and password > and thus allow you to connect.

qmail smtp-auth bug allows open relay

2003-07-14 Thread John Brown
seems that there are installs of the smtp-auth patch to qmail that accept anything as a user name and password and thus allow you to connect. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=qmail&m=105452174430616&w=2 is one URL that talks about this. There has been an increase is what appears to