Re: [MLUG] one pill brings loads of spam (compromised?)

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Fri, 30 Jun 2006, Adam Procter wrote:

> Mike Miller wrote:
>
> [snip]
> > The mogmios address was forged, and this did not originate on mlug. This 
> > is an annoying problem though.  Now that they have a member address they 
> > can keep on spamming us.  Do we have any spam blocking software that can 
> > stop these things before they are sent on MLUG lists?
>
> You're right that it didn't originate from mlug, and the only reason it 
> got through is because the From line had EMAIL:PROTECTED in it; only 
> messages with a subscribed address in the From line can be sent without 
> moderator approval. We actually get many such attempts to post spam to 
> the list on any given day, usually with what seem to be a 
> randomly-selected address in the forged From header. So it might just 
> have been dumb luck that this one slipped through. In any case, if more 
> of this stuff pops up we should be able to add some spam blocking 
> software to the list pipeline.


Thanks, Adam.  That sounds like a good plan.

I'm on a list that distributes messages from any address.  A spam item 
will sneak in occasionally, but it seems to be pretty rare.  So one spam 
message doesn't necessarily mean that a deluge is impending.

Mike

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