Re: Spam with vger.kernel.org return address

["Paul G. Allen" <pgallen@randomlogic.com>]

Matti Aarnio wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 04:42:06PM -0700, Paul G. Allen wrote:
> > I've received at least two unsolicited e-mails (possibly more, but I
> > get so much crap, I generally send it straight to /dev/null), both
> > relating to sex, with vger.kernel.org return addresses.
> > Who is the best person to contact about it?
> 
>         If it *really* came thru vger (HTML in it ?), then
>         that address would be   postmaster@vger.kernel.org
> 
>         Even if it didn't, at least I am curious at what
>         you really got.  (Same address.)
> 
>         Do remember to forward *ALL* headers.  The all revealing
>         trace data is carried in "Received:" headers, after all,
>         and most common email clients seem to make it extremely
>         hard to see those.   (And I limit myself at that, one
>         particular vendor screws up email STANDARDS so bad that
>         you really would not believe me anyway...)

Yes, I know. The second one came from vger.kernel.org, but did not originate there. In fact, upon looking at the second one again, it came through the mailing
list:

Received: 
                       from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [199.183.24.194]) by antimatter.net (8.11.6/8.11.2) with ESMTP id
                       f7S7OK925292 for <pgallen@randomlogic.com>; Tue, 28 Aug 2001 00:24:21 -0700 (PDT)
                Received: 
                       (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id <S270321AbRH1HUb>; Tue, 28 Aug
                       2001 03:20:31 -0400
                Received: 
                       (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id <S270319AbRH1HUV>; Tue, 28 Aug 2001 03:20:21
                       -0400
                Received: 
                       from 27-135-60-61.lease.isl.net.tw ([61.60.135.27]:34830 "HELO weider") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP
                       id <S270311AbRH1HUR>; Tue, 28 Aug 2001 03:20:17 -0400
                Received: 
                       from iris by hotmail.com with SMTP id hjrSDe8ICqgcfmrgcur8taP; Tue, 28 Aug 2001 15:18:33 +0800
             Message-ID: 
                       <rVaM9dIC3qPX86b@sky.seed.net.tw>
                  From: 
                       ¼ÖÄ @vger.kernel.org
                    To: 
                       400000@vger.kernel.org
                 Subject: 
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               X-Mailer: 
                       sifDpjlRbLotdTGjVTbu1I
           Content-Type: 
                       text/plain;
              X-Priority: 
                       3
       X-MSMail-Priority: 
                       Normal
                   Date: 
                       Tue, 28 Aug 2001 03:20:17 -0400
                 Sender: 
                       linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
              Precedence: 
                       bulk
          X-Mailing-List: 
                       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 
                       8bit
   X-MIME-Autoconverted: 
                       from Quoted-Printable to 8bit by antimatter.net id f7S7OK925292
                 Status: 
                       U
         X-Mozilla-Status: 
                       8001
        X-Mozilla-Status2: 
                       00000000
                X-UIDL: 
                       +[b!!n51"!i^T"!)3,"!

[message body removed]


> 
> > It's really bad to click on an e-mail I think is from this list, find
> > an image of a naked woman, and hope to God my boss doesn't come by
> > before I can delete it.
> 
>         "click on email and find an image" ?
>         Oh no, you do use HTML displaying "email clients"..
> 
>         I see never anything such, but then I am an "old-fart"
>         who thinks that HTML has no license to be in email in
>         the first place.

I don't think HTML should be there either.

Sorry, actually, what I typed is not really what I meant. Both e-mails were in a foreign language that I don't speak (or read). Quickly glancing at the first
one, seeing where it was from (the mailing list), I thought the link might be a benchmark, patch, or some kernel related info. I clicked and it was none of the
above.

The second one I didn't make that mistake with (and the subject told me not to anyway).

(Oh, and I do run with no Java, Javascript, cookies, etc. enabled)

PGA


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