On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 02:19:52PM +1100, Brett Randall wrote:
is addressed to my e-mail address (in the To: header), so it isn't a
normal, cheap one that simply connects to many many servers, it
Here's what I've done to combat unsolicited commercial e-mail:
I don't give out my real address.
Thus said "Aaron Newcomb" on Sun, 15 Oct 2000 01:26:30 EDT:
Yes. That makes sense. I knew there had to be a way. Thanks for the help.
The most offending address is 210.133.28.162.
Ok Aaron,
This host is definitely a spammers delight---it's known as an Open
Relay. This means that it will
hi,
What about ISP's? I am not one so why should I care?
but you are likely to receive a mail from a mailserver belonging to the ISP's domain
with a customers sender-domain.
;) a
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On Sat, 14 Oct 2000 23:37:32 -0400, "Aaron Newcomb"
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By the same source I mean that the HELO or EHLO line I see in my log has the
same host name. Also, I use tcpserver to run qmail-smtpd, but if running it
HELO or EHLO are easily faked, and IMHO it wouldn't be safe to do
On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 03:01:19AM -0600, Andy Bradford wrote:
Thus said "Aaron Newcomb" on Sun, 15 Oct 2000 01:26:30 EDT:
Yes. That makes sense. I knew there had to be a way. Thanks for the help.
The most offending address is 210.133.28.162.
Additionally, you might want to report them
On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 08:33:54PM -0400, Aaron Newcomb wrote:
So, are you saying there is no way to block certain hosts in qmail? I find
that hard to believe. Qmail has been a pretty good package so far, and I
can't believe that would be so limited in this area. Also, what do you mean
I will
Aaron Newcomb, MCSE -- gee, that wasn't obvious.
point. Lastly, I am not sure what comment you are trying to make about my
MCSE certification, but I am proud of the training I have had on all the
operating systems I work with whether they be MS, UX, Linux or otherwise.
sos di you find the
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On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 08:33:54PM -0400, Aaron Newcomb wrote:
So, are you saying there is no way to block certain hosts in qmail? I find
that hard to believe. Qmail has been a pretty good package so far, and I
can't believe that would be so limited
"Aaron Newcomb" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
there is no magic wand as far as SPAM is concerned. However, I have found a
few good ways to minimize the amount that I receive on my server. If anyone
is interested I would be happy to share a recap offline.
Ummm...yes please! :) I have actually
Brett Randall [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
"Aaron Newcomb" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Bugger...I sent this to the list. Apologies.
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, October 15, 2000 9:46 PM
To: Aaron Newcomb
Cc: Adam McKenna; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Bogus MAIL FROM (SPAM)
Aaron Newcomb, MCSE -- gee, that wasn't obvious.
point. Lastly, I am not sure what comment you are trying to make about my
MCSE certification, but I am proud of the training I
I some ways I agree with you again. I took TCP/IP as well and if the exam
wasn't called "TCP/IP on Microsoft Windows" and touching all the MS specifics,
I would have thought higher of it. I did do Cisco and Novell certs before and
so it wasn't news in any way.
About the resume: see the thing is
Thus said "Aaron Newcomb" on Fri, 13 Oct 2000 23:19:48 EDT:
Notice that the HELO and the MAIL FROM: lines have completely different
domains. The MAIL FROM they are using is a bogus address. What is the best
way to prevent email like this from being accepted?
Without some hacking you won't be
On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 11:29:42PM -0400, Tony Publiski (tonyp) wrote:
Notice that the HELO and the MAIL FROM: lines have completely different
domains. The MAIL FROM they are using is a bogus address. What is the best
way to prevent email like this from being accepted?
You don't. You also
hi
There must be some way to block this mail from coming through.
It would be ideal to block based on the HELO response since they can't fake that.
ähem, and what about isp's hosting k's of domains and relaying for customers
with their own domains? the sending mta would have to switch the
se.
Aaron
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From: Adam McKenna [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2000 3:05 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Bogus MAIL FROM (SPAM)
On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 11:29:42PM -0400, Tony Publiski (tonyp) wrote:
Notice that the HELO and the MAIL FROM: lines have
What about ISP's? I am not one so why should I care?
Aaron
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From: Alexander Jernejcic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2000 6:40 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Bogus MAIL FROM (SPAM)
hi
There must be some way to block this mail from
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Thus said "Aaron Newcomb" on Fri, 13 Oct 2000 23:19:48 EDT:
Notice that the HELO and the MAIL FROM: lines have completely different
domains. The MAIL FROM they are using is a bogus address. What is the best
way to prevent email like this
On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 08:33:54PM -0400, Aaron Newcomb wrote:
So, are you saying there is no way to block certain hosts in qmail? I find
He might not have been saying it well, but blocking spam is a hard problem.
If you're relatively new to the issue of spammers and how they quickly morph
to
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Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2000 9:02 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Bogus MAIL FROM (SPAM)
On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 08:33:54PM -0400, Aaron Newcomb wrote:
So, are you saying there is no way to block certain hosts in qmail? I find
He might not have been saying it well, but blocking
for the reasons you point out below. I have also noticed that I am receiving
quite a bit of SPAM from the same source. So, my goal would be to find a way
to block that host from sending me any more mail. I do realize that I would
You need to explain what you mean by "the same source". Same
On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 08:45:11PM -0400, Aaron Newcomb wrote:
Thanks for your advice, Andy. From the documentation I have been able to
find on badmailfrom I am unable to determine if it will block an entire host
or just certain senders addresses. I think in my case I need to block any
mail
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On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 08:45:11PM -0400, Aaron Newcomb wrote:
Thanks for your advice, Andy. From the documentation I have been able to
find on badmailfrom I am unable to determine if it will block an entire
host
or just certain senders addresses. I think
I am having trouble with SPAM from people who provide bogus From and To
lines when talking to my qmail server. Here is an example.
Oct 12 21:47:49 linux1 smtpd: 971401669.546402 2385 220 ns1.newcombnet.com
ES
Oct 12 21:47:52 linux1 smtpd: 971401672.921618 2385 HELO
att.attsoken.co.jp?
Oct 12
Title: RE: Bogus MAIL FROM (SPAM)
No matter what they're always going to be able to send mail to a domain hosted on your box...your only chance is to learn to use your delete key...
Tony
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From: Aaron Newcomb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, October 13
Title: RE: Bogus MAIL FROM (SPAM)
There
must be some way to block this mail from coming through. It would be ideal to
block based on the HELO response since they can't fake that.
Aaron
-Original Message-From: Tony Publiski (tonyp)
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