On Tuesday, November 25, 2003, 9:08:02 AM, Cyberspace Publishing commented:
CP> The "scum of the earth" spammer doing this is also obviously CP> spoofing the IP#'s somehow, as every one of the spams have different CP> originating IP#'s in the headers included with the bounced email. CP> They appear to be originating from all over the globe! Tom, this is a common practice, and the spammer is using open relays. So yes, the spam IS coming from all over the globe, wherever a spammer can find an insecure mail server and exploit it. This sort of practice could be stopped immediately if all ISPs blocked emails coming from open relays. Half of the email coming into my system is this open-relay spam - and I am blocking on average 800+ emails simply through one rbl service. (I currently use two rbl services, but may add a third that I am testing). If it is any consolation, most ISP's now do use such blocking, and more are doing doing this, which should cut down on this problem over time. These scum need to use the open relays because their practices are illegal in many jurisdictions, so they don't want to be traced -- so they protect themselves by borrowing someone else's IP or computer. -Abigail ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
