From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Sat, 04 Oct 2003 15:34:47 +0100 (BST) Received: from p508B5CAE.dip.t-dialin.net ([IPv6:::ffff:80.139.92.174]:49572 "EHLO dea.linux-mips.net") by linux-mips.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 4 Oct 2003 15:34:37 +0100 Received: from dea.linux-mips.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dea.linux-mips.net (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h94EYaNK029121; Sat, 4 Oct 2003 16:34:36 +0200 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by dea.linux-mips.net (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h94EYZ5I029120; Sat, 4 Oct 2003 16:34:35 +0200 Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 16:34:35 +0200 From: Ralf Baechle To: Trevor Woerner Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: mailing list spam Message-ID: <20031004143435.GA29083@linux-mips.org> References: <200310031609.07289.mips082-nospam@vtnet.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200310031609.07289.mips082-nospam@vtnet.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 3368 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 04:09:07PM -0400, Trevor Woerner wrote: > I appreciate microsoft *.exe updates by email just as much as the next > guy, however... > > I create email aliases for the different mailing lists I join. I > noticed that I've been receiving a fair amount of spam to the email > address I setup for this list. I figured it was because I posted > something in the past, so I unsubscribed my old email address, created > a new one, and re-subscribed. > > Without having made any postings since the change, I have just received > spam to the new address I've setup for this list, which means someone > has access to the membership list. Any chance this could be looked into > and turned off? > > The humorous part being, of course, how stringently the the list > receiver is that the sender's email domain resolve properly. At least > we know it's dns-resolvable spam! You're victim of a dictionary attack. This list is about Linux, not spam discussions. Ralf