On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 17:40:11 -0500, Paul M Foster
<paulf@quillandmouse.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 02:49:51PM -0500, jeff wrote:
>
> > On Friday 04 March 2005 2:22, Chuck Hast wrote:
> > > I hate spam as much as anyone but these things coming off of
> > > a list are a royal PITA.
> >
> > Except that they aren't coming from NKS. The headers are all forged, so that
> > it looks like it came from nks. Trace the path back and you will see. :)
>
> You'll have to provide some actual evidence, if you want to make the
> case that the headers are spoofed. They are virtually identical to
> those on the original email on that thread (except for the last hand-off
> to Chuck's gmail account servers). You'd have to on this list to be able
> to replicate the headers that well. And if you're spamming/scamming on
> this list, I will sooner or later find out about it.
>
> This is more likely a challenge-response email system set up by
> nils@codewolf.com, which is coincidentally what it looks like.
>
> I've mentioned this before, but I'll say it again. If you're running a
> challenge-response system against this list, and you haven't whitelisted
> SLUG mail, you're in danger of being uns*bscr*bed. Challenge-response
> systems sending rafts of challenges to the originators of email on this
> list are as bad as spammers.
>
> If anyone else has received challenges from nils@codewolf.com, please
> let me know.
>
> Paul
Challenge Response, that is exactly what I was looking for and that sure
looks like that is what it is. I recall someone joining another list I
was on, it
was a real PITA until the list admin dropped the noise generator off the
list.
-- Chuck Hast To paraphrase my flight instructor; "the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn and twisted metal." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
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