Re: An end to spam through Graphnet

[Jon Lewis <jlewis () inorganic5 fdt net>]

On Fri, 1 Aug 1997, J.D. Falk wrote:

> On Aug 1, Geoff White <geoffw () precipice v-site net> wrote: 
>
> > > Let this be an object lesson to those of you out there who have
> > > yet to upgrade:
> > > the spammers will find you sooner or later.
>
>       And once they've found you, they will keep on relaying through
>       you until you make it impossible for them to do so.

Actually, they will, at least in some cases, keep trying indefinitely.
All FDT's systems went anti-relay many months ago...yet:

Aug  2 00:00:23 irc sendmail[18812]: Ruleset check_rcpt
(<laibinis%koan.com () irc aohell org>) rejection: 571 
<laibinis%koan.com () irc aohell org>... we do not relay - if you believe
this to be an error, contact support () fdt net

Someone told me that a spam package was distributed that specifically
targets IRC servers as relays.  It would seem they don't bother updating
the list, or their software is so popular that old versions stay in use.

The system above blocks about 3,000 relay attempts per day, every day,
since it got the anti-relay patches months ago.


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