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Re: What *are* they smoking?
From: Matthew Sullivan <matthew () sorbs net>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 14:31:53 +1000
Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
-- On Tuesday, September 16, 2003 00:56 +0200 -- Niels Bakker <niels=nanog () bakker net> supposedly wrote:A wildcard A record in the net TLD. $ host does.really-not-exist.net does.really-not-exist.net has address 64.94.110.11 $ host 64.94.110.1111.110.94.64.IN-ADDR.ARPA domain name pointer sitefinder-idn.verisign.comIt even responds on port 25 (says 550 on every RCPT TO). Gah.No, it accepts if the from domain exists - but only if it *REALLY* exists.[...] rcpt to: fooo () baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar net 250 OK mail from: fooooo () baaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrr net 550 User domain does not exist. mail from: patrick () ianai net 250 OK Nice that their spam filters still work. :( And I love the 221 close message: data221 snubby1-wcwest Snubby Mail Rejector Daemon v1.3 closing transmission channelConnection closed by foreign host.
Worse than that - it's a fixed sequence of responses... $ telnet akdjflasdf.com 25 Trying 64.94.110.11... Connected to akdjflasdf.com. Escape character is '^]'. 220 snubby4-wceast Snubby Mail Rejector Daemon v1.3 ready sdfg 250 OK sdfgsdfgsdfgsdf 250 OK sdfgdfgaegqaergqaergvav 550 User domain does not exist. asdfgasdfgasdf 250 OK sdfasdfadsfasdf221 snubby4-wceast Snubby Mail Rejector Daemon v1.3 closing transmission channel
Connection closed by foreign host. / Mat
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