When you get spam you should add the domains to the orbit black list. ;o)
-l0rt- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: Any resemblance between the above views and those of my employer, my terminal, or the view out my window are purely coincidental. Any resemblance between the above and my own views is non-deterministic. The question of the existence of views in the absence of anyone to hold them is left as an exercise for the reader. The question of the existence of the reader is left as an exercise for the second god coefficient. (A discussion of non-orthogonal, non-integral polytheism is beyond the scope of this article.) --------------------------------------------------------------------- On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > yes, spammers harvest email addresses from securityfocus lists. i have > sent > emails to various SF lists using new (never before used or publicized) > email > addresses associated with new domains, and have started receiving spam at > those addresses within 48 hours. Since many SF lists are mirrored at quite > a few other web sites though, and since all of the lists have open > subscriptions, you shouldn't waste your time trying to determine how the > spammers harvest those addresses. Better solution is to create disposable > email accounts for each SF list and use those exclusively for the SF lists. > and filter all incoming email. > > btw, you're lucky if you only get "sporadic spam". i filter over 100 > spam-mails/day from some of my more heavily utilized email addresses that > were established back in the 90's. > > Regards, > ken > > Ken Williams ; Technical Lead ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > eSecurityOnline - an eSecurity Venture of Ernst & Young > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; www.esecurityonline.com ; 1-877-eSecurity > > > > > Craig Van > Tassle To: security-basics > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <craig@ambrosa. cc: (bcc: Ken > Williams/AABS/EYLLP/US) > dns04.com> Subject: spam > > 02/05/2002 > 12:57 AM > > > > > > > I was wondering if any one knows if people (spammers) watch the security > focus mailing lists to get peoples email addys? over the last couple of > months i have been getting sporaticaly spam emails.. > and i also noticed some funy things from my mail logs.. > > Feb 3 23:16:53 postfix/smtpd[33997]: lost connection after DATA from > unknown[209.149.145.250] > Feb 3 23:16:53 postfix/smtpd[33997]: disconnect from > unknown[209.149.145.250] > Feb 3 23:16:53 postfix/cleanup[33998]: 846CD3F1A: message-id > =<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > does that mean that someone have been trying to get in though my email > server or if they are just useing me as remailer? > > thanks > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > The information contained in this message may be privileged and > confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message > is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for > delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified > that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is > strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, > please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it > from your computer. Thank you. Ernst & Young LLP > >
