Re: [newbie] German Language SPAM

2004-06-20 Thread Chris
On Thursday 17 June 2004 06:55 am, Greg Meyer wrote: > Is anybody else on this list getting inundated with German Language spam. > The ip address it is coming from is dynamic and looks like a french isp. > Since some of the from addresses seem familiar, I am thinking that > someone subscribed to

Re: [newbie] German Language SPAM

2004-06-17 Thread JoeHill
On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 18:41:47 -0400 Lanman disseminated the following: > Joe; One thing to consider is that you switch to another service. I had > the same problems with Sympatico and Videotron, so I switched to ISTOP. I've been seriously considering it. Even with my discount on the Sympatico, it

Re: [newbie] German Language SPAM

2004-06-17 Thread Lanman
Bryan Phinney wrote: On Thursday 17 June 2004 08:31 am, Lanman wrote: For instance, I'm constantly getting people trying (and failing)to connect to my network from China, and Amsterdam. A quick check at "arin.net" tells me where it's coming from and allows me to block their IP's in my firewall. A

Re: [newbie] German Language SPAM

2004-06-17 Thread Lanman
Bryan Phinney wrote: On Thursday 17 June 2004 03:07 pm, JoeHill wrote: Not that I don't know how, but because I'm on a dynamic IP which belongs to a block of 'consumer' addresses, I end up on DNSRBL's within minutes. I guess I pretty much already am running a mailserver (fetchmail, postfix, procma

Re: [newbie] German Language SPAM

2004-06-17 Thread JoeHill
On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 15:14:59 -0400 Bryan Phinney disseminated the following: > Most mail servers don't block at that level. This is where I'm not clear. What is the difference between using a DNSRBL and what you describe below? I thought the DNSRBL's were the results of the reverse DNS checks...

Re: [newbie] German Language SPAM

2004-06-17 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Thursday 17 June 2004 03:07 pm, JoeHill wrote: > Not that I don't know how, but because I'm on a dynamic IP which belongs to > a block of 'consumer' addresses, I end up on DNSRBL's within minutes. > > I guess I pretty much already am running a mailserver (fetchmail, postfix, > procmail), but I

Re: [newbie] German Language SPAM

2004-06-17 Thread JoeHill
On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 23:03:21 +1000 Stephen Kuhn disseminated the following: > > Man, I wish I could run my own mailserver... :-( > > What's so frigging hard about running a mail server, JH? Should I come > over there and bitch slap you? I CAN'T believe you just said that > mate...c'mon...wasso ha

Re: [newbie] German Language SPAM

2004-06-17 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Thursday 17 June 2004 08:31 am, Lanman wrote: > For instance, I'm constantly getting people trying (and failing)to > connect to my network from China, and Amsterdam. A quick check at > "arin.net" tells me where it's coming from and allows me to block their > IP's in my firewall. Afterwards, t

Re: [newbie] German Language SPAM

2004-06-17 Thread Hoyt Bailey
On Thursday 17 June 2004 06:55, Greg Meyer wrote: > Is anybody else on this list getting inundated with German Language spam. The > ip address it is coming from is dynamic and looks like a french isp. Since > some of the from addresses seem familiar, I am thinking that someone > subscribed t

Re: [newbie] German Language SPAM

2004-06-17 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 22:51, JoeHill wrote: > You forget to mention the advantages: > > You never have to actually 'download' the spam, and it takes some of the load > off of procmail, etc. > > Plus, doesn't the spammer get a 'bounce'? > > Man, I wish I could run my own mailserver... :-( What'

Re: [newbie] German Language SPAM

2004-06-17 Thread JoeHill
On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 08:31:18 -0400 Lanman disseminated the following: > > stephen kuhn - proprietor > > Stephen; If you aren't needing any other forms of communication from > GMX.Net, consider blocking their IP address in your firewall. I've been > getting a lot of crap like that and blocking t

Re: [newbie] German Language SPAM

2004-06-17 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 22:31, Lanman wrote: > Stephen; If you aren't needing any other forms of communication from > GMX.Net, consider blocking their IP address in your firewall. I've been > getting a lot of crap like that and blocking them from the firewall > seems to do the trick. > > For ins