Re: [SLUG] Server being used to relay emails

2004-05-03 Thread John Clarke
On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 12:14:28PM +1000, Chris Freeman wrote: > Bounces to forged email addresses warning people of the virus should be > considered in the same category as SPAM. This is a real nuisance, Some AV companies have clue: http://www.nod32.com.au/nod32/news/spamvertising.htm

Re: [SLUG] Server being used to relay emails

2004-05-02 Thread Roger Barnes
Or roughly 1/3 of the mail volume, by message count, is crap from badly configured servers! It gets really annoying when you try to inform the postmaster and get this ... From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your message was not delivered to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] because: User Postmaster ([EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [SLUG] Server being used to relay emails

2004-04-30 Thread James Gray
Chris Freeman wrote: John Clarke wrote: My usual response is something like this sent to the postmaster at the site which sent the virus notification: > WARNING! Your message was infected by VIRUS: > Worm.SomeFool.Z Well done. You bloody idiot. I just want to accentuate this point. If yo

RE: [SLUG] Server being used to relay emails

2004-04-30 Thread Chris Barnes
Title: RE: [SLUG] Server being used to relay emails We get tonnes of calls at work about this exact problem. People receiving emails saying they sent an email to someone else but it was rejected because of an attached virus. It’s the doing of one of the latest windows viruses I believe

Re: [SLUG] Server being used to relay emails

2004-04-29 Thread Mary Gardiner
On Fri, Apr 30, 2004, Jared Pritchard wrote: > Any idea how we might try and find the real source AND/OR should we > report the abuse to some authority of some sort? You'd need the headers of the original mail to find the machine that passed the virus to the machine with the detector. You probab

Re: [SLUG] Server being used to relay emails

2004-04-29 Thread Jared Pritchard
Thank you ppl - That puts my mind to rest - and thanks to the flood of fast responses!! Appreciated! =) In case anyone else has missed it - here's a summary A spammer or virus will forge (and most likely has in our case) a domain to mask their own presence, so when the recipient replies (individ

Re: [SLUG] Server being used to relay emails

2004-04-29 Thread Chris Freeman
John Clarke wrote: My usual response is something like this sent to the postmaster at the site which sent the virus notification: > WARNING! Your message was infected by VIRUS: > Worm.SomeFool.Z Well done. You bloody idiot. Bloody idiot indeed! You've notified the one person you

Re: [SLUG] Server being used to relay emails

2004-04-29 Thread Mary Gardiner
e sure that > > representatives of the whole political spectrum will be there? > > > To: Jared Pritchard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Slug List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Bcc: > Subject: Re: [SLUG] Server being used to relay emails > Reply-To: > In-Reply-To: <

Re: [SLUG] Server being used to relay emails

2004-04-29 Thread Mary Gardiner
> All right. What an explosive cocktail of themes! Did you make sure that > representatives of the whole political spectrum will be there? > To: Jared Pritchard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Slug List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bcc: Subject: Re: [SLUG] Server being used to relay email

Re: [SLUG] Server being used to relay emails

2004-04-29 Thread David
On Fri, 30 Apr 2004, Jared Pritchard wrote: > Hi - > Got a little problem. =) > We are getting reports back from other servers on the net saying our message > from something like [EMAIL PROTECTED] was rejected because of an > attached virus. we get these all the time. It's a result of spammers

Re: [SLUG] Server being used to relay emails

2004-04-29 Thread Terry Collins
Jared Pritchard wrote: > > Hi - > Got a little problem. =) > We are getting reports back from other servers on the net saying our message > from something like [EMAIL PROTECTED] was rejected because of an > attached virus. Umm, you have a user "130Qe49y1" do you? ...snip. > Has anyone got

Re: [SLUG] Server being used to relay emails

2004-04-29 Thread Gonzalo Servat
On Fri, 2004-04-30 at 11:32, Jared Pritchard wrote: > Hi - > Got a little problem. =) > We are getting reports back from other servers on the net saying our message > from something like [EMAIL PROTECTED] was rejected because of an > attached virus. [..snip..] > Has anyone got ANY idea on what c

Re: [SLUG] Server being used to relay emails

2004-04-29 Thread John Clarke
On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 11:32:01AM +1000, Jared Pritchard wrote: > Has anyone got ANY idea on what could be happening? Has our linux server got > a virus? (!?!!?!!) Is someone using our machine as an open relay? (I did No. All the latest viruses forge the sender address. Someone else is infecte

Re: [SLUG] Server being used to relay emails

2004-04-29 Thread Broun, Bevan
on Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 11:32:01AM +1000, Jared Pritchard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi - > Got a little problem. =) > We are getting reports back from other servers on the net saying our message > from something like [EMAIL PROTECTED] was rejected because of an > attached virus. We get tonnes

Re: [SLUG] Server being used to relay emails

2004-04-29 Thread Michael Fox
> Hi - > Got a little problem. =) If you let me know your domain you are refering too, I will test it for being an open relay (which is bad, you shouldn't be configured as an open relay) Is the domain @mactel.net.au or something else? Thanks -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List -

[SLUG] Server being used to relay emails

2004-04-29 Thread Jared Pritchard
Hi - Got a little problem. =) We are getting reports back from other servers on the net saying our message from something like [EMAIL PROTECTED] was rejected because of an attached virus. Our server is running Linux 7.3 and it has only started happening in the last few months. Our other workstati