Re: IRC -> smtp worm?

[Eric Chien <ecchien () yahoo com>]

--- Joao Gouveia <tharbad () kaotik org> wrote:
> Here is a sample (IRC user data changed):
> <quote>
> HELO x4i8x4
> RSET
> MAIL FROM: <>
> RCPT TO: <mask!__@69.69.69.69 PRIVMSG #channel :LOL>
> </quote>

Could be one of the many standard SMTP worms that
parse text and html files looking for email addresses.
 The routines that do so are relatively 'inaccurate'
as they may just search for the @ symbol.

And in this case, it may have hit upon an IRC log and
didn't quite parse out the email address properly (or
realize they weren't actually email addresses at all).

...Eric

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