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On Saturday 14 August 2004 10:47, Adrian CAPDEFIER wrote: |
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> Hi. |
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> I seem to be the victim of an attack to get me of mailing lists. |
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> Here is the message I've been getting with the contents of the |
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> file ______-ed out. |
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> So my server doesn't allow .com attachements and this attacker somehow |
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> manages to make the mailing list manager think messages sent to me are |
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> bouncing. |
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> Am I right? |
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I don't think you. It is an automated reaction by the management software. |
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As you got the message, your account will not be disabled. However if you |
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perform filtering of for example .com attachments, please for the sake of |
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every email user on the planet, do not bounce them but drop them. Most |
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virii do not use a valid sender address, so those bounces just annoy |
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other innocent people besides you. |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |