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Re:hmm -- Get a load of this. Fwd'd
From: Daniel Reed <djr () narnia n ml org>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 21:10:18 -0500 (EST)
On Mon, 17 Nov 1997, James D. Butt wrote: ) >From nanog () merit edu Mon Nov 17 18:30:54 1997 ) >Received: from www.RVC.CC.IL.US (www.RVC.CC.IL.US [207.142.145.2]) by ) mozart.lib.uchicago.edu (8.8.5/8.6.4) with SMTP id SAA21563 for ) <marilyn-request () mozart lib uchicago edu>; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 18:30:54 -0600 ) >Received: from merit.edu (166.72.5.121) by www.RVC.CC.IL.US ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ) > (EMWAC SMTPRS 0.81) with SMTP id <B0000000018 () www RVC CC IL US>; ) > Mon, 17 Nov 1997 18:44:02 -0600 ) >Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 18:44:02 -0600 ) >Message-ID: <B0000000018 () www RVC CC IL US> ) >From: NANOG Mailing List <nanog () merit edu> ) >Subject: subscribe ) ) In looking at this message that someone forwarded me.. It looks like the ) message originated at one of our customers web servers.. I have called ) and left messages for the sysadmins of this school.. We do not have any ) after hours numbers. ) ) Does anyone else have the bounces with headers so that I can verify or ) not that it is this customer? ) ) I will say that it is sorta ironic that I started this thread and it ) seems to be originating from one of our customers... :-( It really is too bad people neglect to note that non-mainstream mail transport agents don't necessarily report messages paths the way mainstream ones. root@narnia:~# host 166.72.5.121 121.5.72.166.IN-ADDR.ARPA domain name pointer slip166-72-5-121.il.us.ibm.net root@narnia:~# I've already contacted abuse () ibm net and support () ibm net about this. Unless this is a particularly cunning individual, not only sending a fake host name but also identifying another IP, not associated with that hostname, so as to throw suspicion onto some other provider, I believe it's fairly safe to say an ibm.net dialup user is the purpetrator, and www.RVC.CC.IL.US was used solely as a mail relay. -- Daniel Reed <n () narnia n ml org> System administrator of narnia.n.ml.org (narnia.mhv.net [199.0.0.118]) I personally think we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain. -- Jane Wagner
Current thread:
- Re:hmm -- Get a load of this. Fwd'd James D. Butt (Nov 17)
- Re:hmm -- Get a load of this. Fwd'd Daniel Reed (Nov 17)
- After hours contact numbers...[was: Re: hmm -- Get a load of this. Fwd'd] Dalvenjah FoxFire (Nov 17)
- Re: After hours contact numbers...[was: Re: hmm -- Get a load of this. Fwd'd] James D. Butt (Nov 17)
- Re: After hours contact numbers...[was: Re: hmm -- Get a load of this. Fwd'd] J.D. Falk (Nov 18)