Re: SPAM - Help!

2000-11-06 Thread Brett Randall
On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've temporary created this unknows user, but how can I stop > this? I can't remove the domain of my list of virtual domains > because there are more then 100 valid users to this domain... I find a bit of detective work never goes astra

Re: SPAM - Help! - my solution

2000-11-06 Thread Petr Danecek
Hello, I have been having exactly the same problem. I solved it by creating an empty ~alias/.qmail-default file. After this, my server accepts (and immediately forgets) all error messages comming to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Petr On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, Ari Arantes Filho wrote: > Hello, > > Some

Re: SPAM - Help!

2000-10-30 Thread Sean Reifschneider
On Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 09:37:37PM +0200, Markus Stumpf wrote: >What I found has helped a lot in this situation are the "badrcptpatterns" >and "badrcptto" patch that are part of the spamcontrol patch available at >http://www.fehcom.de/qmail/qmail_en.html We get people using one of our domains

Re: SPAM - Help!

2000-10-29 Thread Adam McKenna
On Sun, Oct 29, 2000 at 12:15:19AM -0500, Jack McKinney wrote: > Maybe. If the email is rejected AFTER being accepted by your mail > server, then your mail server will bounce it based on the headers. > If it is rejected at the SMTP port of your server (as is typical of > the relay checkin

Re: SPAM - Help!

2000-10-29 Thread Jack McKinney
Big Brother tells me that Greg White wrote: > > That's what I thought. So, if either of the following two items is true, > postmaster will still get the bounces: > > 1. The relay is not yet listed in an anti-relay domain. > > 2. The receiving SMTP host is not using strong anti-spam techniques >

Re: SPAM - Help!

2000-10-28 Thread Russ Allbery
Jack McKinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Big Brother tells me that Greg White wrote: >> I am a spammer. I own spamming.pissant.luser.domain. I send mail from >> spamming.pissant.luser.domain, but I forge envelopes and From: to say >> that I'm (for example) ibm.com, to beat pattern-matching spa

Re: SPAM - Help!

2000-10-28 Thread Greg White
Jack McKinney wrote: > > Big Brother tells me that Greg White wrote: > > Jack McKinney wrote: > > > > > SNIP > > > > > > Yes, but the only mail servers that will get postmaster bombed are > > > ones that either condone spam by allowing users to send it out, or are > > > open relays. If RBL a

Re: SPAM - Help!

2000-10-28 Thread Jack McKinney
Big Brother tells me that Greg White wrote: > Jack McKinney wrote: > > > SNIP > > > > Yes, but the only mail servers that will get postmaster bombed are > > ones that either condone spam by allowing users to send it out, or are > > open relays. If RBL and ORBS isn't enough to get these peop

Re: SPAM - Help!

2000-10-28 Thread Greg White
Jack McKinney wrote: > SNIP > > Yes, but the only mail servers that will get postmaster bombed are > ones that either condone spam by allowing users to send it out, or are > open relays. If RBL and ORBS isn't enough to get these people to stop > allowing relaying, perhaps postmaster mail fi

Re: SPAM - Help!

2000-10-28 Thread Jack McKinney
Big Brother tells me that [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > there is a 'badrcptto'-patch on www.qmail.org > this will solve the problem on aris server. but... then he will bomb > postmasteraccounts on other servers. not the best solution for the net. > only cuting of the open relay and hang the admin

Re: SPAM - Help!

2000-10-27 Thread micha
> From: Daniel Augusto Fernandes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 12:28 PM > > To: Tim Hunter > > Cc: Ari Arantes Filho; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: SPAM - Help! > > > > > > Tim Hunter wrote: > > > > > &

Re: SPAM - Help!

2000-10-27 Thread Daniel Augusto Fernandes
Markus Stumpf wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 08:28:36AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'd be inclined to make the user valid and have their .qmail just be > > a comment so that the bounces gets delivered to nowhere. Other than that you > > have to sit it out. > > What I found has helpe

Re: SPAM - Help!

2000-10-27 Thread markd
On Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 09:37:37PM +0200, Markus Stumpf wrote: > On Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 08:28:36AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'd be inclined to make the user valid and have their .qmail just be > > a comment so that the bounces gets delivered to nowhere. Other than that you > > have to

Re: SPAM - Help!

2000-10-27 Thread Markus Stumpf
On Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 08:28:36AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'd be inclined to make the user valid and have their .qmail just be > a comment so that the bounces gets delivered to nowhere. Other than that you > have to sit it out. What I found has helped a lot in this situation are the "b

Re: SPAM - Help!

2000-10-27 Thread Clemens Hermann
or contacting the spammers isp. > > -Original Message- > From: Daniel Augusto Fernandes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 12:28 PM > To: Tim Hunter > Cc: Ari Arantes Filho; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: SPAM - Help! > > Tim Hunter wrote: > > &g

Re: SPAM - Help!

2000-10-27 Thread markd
On Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 07:15:28PM +0200, Mira Tempir wrote: > Please, explain us how can tcpserver help in this case. > It is NOT his server which is used for spamming. Someone is mistaken, tcpserver cannot help. Like many things, only time can fix it. Regards.

Re: SPAM - Help!

2000-10-27 Thread markd
> To: Tim Hunter > Cc: Ari Arantes Filho; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: SPAM - Help! > > > Tim Hunter wrote: > > > > If your using tcpserver, you should be denying his connection. > > > > If not you should be, you need to check LWQ for a good r

Re: SPAM - Help!

2000-10-27 Thread Mira Tempir
Please, explain us how can tcpserver help in this case. It is NOT his server which is used for spamming. Thanks = 27/10/00 11:22 by Tim Hunter = | If your using tcpserver, you should be denying his connection. | | If not you should be, you need to check LWQ for a good referenc

Re: SPAM - Help!

2000-10-27 Thread Daniel Augusto Fernandes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 12:37:42PM -0300, Ari Arantes Filho wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Someone is using another smtp server to send a very big spam, but they > > write the header with FROM = an unknown user of one of my virtual domains, > > so postmasters keep send

RE: SPAM - Help!

2000-10-27 Thread Tim Hunter
Fernandes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 12:28 PM To: Tim Hunter Cc: Ari Arantes Filho; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SPAM - Help! Tim Hunter wrote: > > If your using tcpserver, you should be denying his connection. > > If not you should be, you need t

Re: SPAM - Help!

2000-10-27 Thread Daniel Augusto Fernandes
]] > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 11:38 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: SPAM - Help! > > Hello, > > Someone is using another smtp server to send a very big spam, but they > write the header with FROM = an unknown user of one of my virtual domains, > so postm

Re: SPAM - Help!

2000-10-27 Thread markd
On Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 12:37:42PM -0300, Ari Arantes Filho wrote: > Hello, > > Someone is using another smtp server to send a very big spam, but they > write the header with FROM = an unknown user of one of my virtual domains, > so postmasters keep sending bounce messages or autoresponders t

RE: SPAM - Help!

2000-10-27 Thread Tim Hunter
If your using tcpserver, you should be denying his connection. If not you should be, you need to check LWQ for a good reference. -Original Message- From: Ari Arantes Filho [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 11:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SPAM - Help

SPAM - Help!

2000-10-27 Thread Ari Arantes Filho
Hello, Someone is using another smtp server to send a very big spam, but they write the header with FROM = an unknown user of one of my virtual domains, so postmasters keep sending bounce messages or autoresponders to this unknown user and my postmaster is receving more than 1 emails.