Re: anybody else been spammed by "no-ip.com" yet?

[Simon Higgs <simon () higgs com>]

At 05:25 PM 5/3/2002 +0100, you wrote:

I got some of these a few weeks ago. I believe these test messages are sent 
to find the non-deliverables in their mailing list. Right after I got these 
test messages, they started sending quite a bit of spam. I filtered 
sohu.com and it went away.

> Not me, but I am getting an awful lot of emails from this one person, to
> my nanog address lately:
>
> Return-Path: <test () sohu com>
> Delivered-To: silverwraith.com-lists-nanog () silverwraith com
> Received: (qmail 21586 invoked from network); 3 May 2002 03:09:28 -0000
> Received: from unknown (HELO sohu.com) (203.240.184.78)
>   by apple.silverwraith.com with SMTP; 3 May 2002 03:09:28 -0000
> Reply-To: test () sohu com
> Return-Path: test () sohu com
> From: richard <test () sohu com>
> To:  <lists-nanog () silverwraith com>
> Subject: test
> Sender: richard <test () sohu com>
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/html; charset="ks_c_5601-1987"
> Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 12:09:13 +0900
>
>     [ The following text is in the "ks_c_5601-1987" character set. ]
>     [ Your display is set for the "ISO-8859-1" character set.  ]
>     [ Some characters may be displayed incorrectly. ]
>
> test
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, 3 May 2002, Paul Vixie wrote:
>
> >
> > as a coauthor of rfc2136, my curiousity is always
> > piqued when spammers use the technology.  can i get
> > private forwards of other similar messages?  (see
> > below.)
> >
> > (and yes, i'll also be in touch with level3, who
> > serves 166.90.15.236, from whence this message came.)
> >
> > (time was, anyone who could use postfix and php would
> > also know better than to spam, or at least, to spam *me*.
> > <grump> <grumble>.)
> >
> > re:
> >
> > ------- Forwarded Message
> >
> > Return-Path: nobody () www no-ip com
> > Delivery-Date: Fri May  3 07:44:25 2002
> > Return-Path: <nobody () www no-ip com>
> > Delivered-To: vixie () as vix com
> > Received: from isrv3.isc.org (isrv3.isc.org [204.152.184.30])
> >       by as.vix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2360D28B6B
> >       for <vixie () as vix com>; Fri,  3 May 2002 07:44:25 -0700 (PDT)
> >       (envelope-from nobody () www no-ip com)
> > Received: from www.no-ip.com (yoka.vitalwerks.com [166.90.15.236])
> >       by isrv3.isc.org (8.11.2/8.9.1) via ESMTP id g43EiOT08718
> >       for <vix () vix com>; Fri, 3 May 2002 14:44:25 GMT
> >       env-from (nobody () www no-ip com)
> > Received: by www.no-ip.com (Postfix, from userid 99)
> >       id 4A10F833A4; Fri,  3 May 2002 07:54:40 -0700 (PDT)
> > To: vix () vix com
> > Subject: Your password for no-ip.com
> > From: No-IP Registration <webmaster () no-ip com>
> > Reply-To: webmaster () no-ip com
> > X-Mailer: PHP/4.1.2
> > Message-Id: <20020503145440.4A10F833A4 () www no-ip com>
> > Date: Fri,  3 May 2002 07:54:40 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Welcome to No-IP.com.
> > Your number one stop for dynamic dns services.
> >
> > Your password is: jnMgta
> >
> > To logon to no-ip.com go to http://www.no-ip.com/ and enter your email
> > address and the password above.  Once you logon you may change your
> > password by clicking the "Change Password" link.
> >
> > Remember that you can use our dynamic update client to keep our system
> > is sync with your IP address. These clients are available at
> > http://www.no-ip.com/downloads.php
> >
> > Also, keep in mind that No-IP offers services for use with personal
> > domain names. This service, No-IP Plus, allows you to use YOUR domain
> > name with our dynamic dns, and other facilities. More information on
> > this and other services is at http://www.no-ip.com/services.php.
> >
> > If you have any further questions about this service, please refer to
> > our FAQ at http://www.no-ip.com/faq.php. If the FAQ doesn't answer your
> > question(s) contact us at support () no-ip com.
> >
> >
> >
> > Enjoy!
> >
> >
> > The No-IP Team
> > webmaster () no-ip com
> > http://www.no-ip.com/
> >
> >
> >
> > ------- End of Forwarded Message
> >
> >
>
> --
> Avleen Vig
> Work Time: Unix Systems Administrator
> Play Time: Network Security Officer
> Smurf Amplifier Finding Executive: http://www.ircnetops.org/smurf


Best Regards,

Simon

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