[U-Boot] WTF (Re: [MailServer Notification]Web Reputation Notification)

Igor Grinberg
2011-10-04T11:28:51Z

On 10/04/11 13:06, Detlev Zundel wrote:
> Hi Igor,
>
>> Hi Detlev,
>>
>>
>> On 10/04/11 11:53, Detlev Zundel wrote:
>>> Hi Abdoulaye,
>>>
>>>> Please Blacklist all mails from this domain "sypris.com"
>>>
>>> Done, but even though, I could not undo the already sent mails.
>>>
>>> I'm trying to find out who is repsonsible for this mess.
>>
>> I don't know who's responsible for this, but
>> those emails say something about www . bestdrv . ru
>> I've seen this address in emails (patches) from
>> Brilliantov Kirill Vladimirovich <brilliantov@byterg . ru>
>> in series: [PATCH 0/3] add new PHY chips support
>
> Yes, I have come to the same conclusion. My russian is not that good,
> but that URL does not look very malicious to me.

Indeed, it does not.

> The fact that it
> appeared in a mail from a real contributor to U-Boot[1] also backs this
> fact. Well ok, the patch was for an old U-Boot, but still, it's a real
> patch ;)

Right, I'm not trying to convict anybody,
just that URL jumped in my mind, when I was browsing through...
(I also misspelled it, but who cares...)

>
> It seems that the sypris people have a very misconfigured filter
> software with questionable filter rules. I'm waiting for an answer from
> their postmaster.

Hope you'll get it quick...

>
> Cheers
> Detlev
>
> [1] http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2011-October/103191.html
>

Another question, is the email address of the sender
of those notification mails subscribed to u-boot mailing list?
Or can people send email to the list without being subscribed?

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Regards,
Igor.