Re: pmmon spam

[Derek Elder <djelder () accessus net>]

Got it too and your theory is correct.  At least they were apologetic when
I called to ream them ;)

| Derek Elder                       V.P., Network Operations|
| djelder () accessus net              888-637-3638 Ext. 21    |


On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, Daniel Simms wrote:

> We got spammed today, but I'm not totally convinced of how it happened.
> Thus, this a sanity check for me.
>
> So, this is my theory.  It seems like the spamee list was an alias on
> one of the Spammer's machines. The the From: field of the spam was that
> *same* alias.  Then there was a wave autoresponses directly to that
> address.  Then, the n(n-1) autobot free-for-alls ensued, since there
> were several dozen infobots on the spamee list.
>
> Is this plausable?  Send comments my way.
>
> - --- begin original message ---
> > From pmmon () solgate com  Thu Nov  7 14:40:23 1996
> Received: from arya.solgate.com (root () arya solgate com [206.53.106.1]) by alink.net (8.8.0/8.7.3) with SMTP id 
> OAA20969 for <info () alink net>; Thu, 7 Nov 1996 14:40:19 -0800
> Received: from usmani.solgate.com (usmani.solgate.com [206.53.106.8]) by arya.solgate.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id 
> LAA17352 for <pmmon () solgate com>; Thu, 7 Nov 1996 11:21:03 -0600
> Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 11:21:03 -0600
> Message-Id: <199611071721.LAA17352 () arya solgate com>
> X-Sender: pmmon () arya solgate com
> X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> To: pmmon () solgate com
> From: pmmon () solgate com (Solgate, Inc.)
> Subject: Announcing PMMON 2.0 (Terminal Server Monitor Software)
>
> Solgate, Inc.
> 1822 E. First St.=20
> Wichita, KS 67214
> Tel: (316) 262-3131
> Fax: (316) 264-4445
> WWW: http://www.solgate.com/~thrasher/jwz/pmmon-2.0/
> Email: pmmon () solgate com
>
> Wichita, Kansas, November 1996: =20
>
>         SolGate, Inc. announces the release of our PMMON 2.0 Terminal Server
> utility software. This Terminal Server utility software was designed to
> - --- (truncted) end of original message ---
>
>
>
> -- 
> Daniel Simms      "A common mistake that people make when trying to design 
> dsimms () alink net   something completely foolproof [is] to underestimate the 
> (408) 720-6161     ingenuity of complete fools" -Ford Prefect

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