we are all blacklisted

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 14:29:35 -0700
> From: Ed Gerck <egerck () nma com>
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> X-AcDave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: we are all blacklisted
>
> {Dave: for IP}
>
> Anyone who owns a well-known email address is probably being
> blacklisted right now by automatic spam- and virus-handling agents
> worldwide, frantically trying to deal with SoBig and other culprits that
> send emails from faked addresses.
>
> I have analyzed 100's of SoBig messages and many of them seem to
> favor faking reputable-looking domain names such as washpost.com.
> This not only defeats the purpose of black-lists but also corrupts them
> with addresses that should be trustworthy.
>
> Anyone whose address "looks good" is a preferential target. The lesson
> here is that current systems for automatically handling large volumes of
> spam and virus, as well as "black-hole" lists, are backfiring.
>
> Ed Gerck

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