MESSAGE
| DATE | 2003-09-24 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Fighting the Microsoft Mail Bomb
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I got the OK from my bank to open an account for NYLXS
Ruben
On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 04:18:43PM -0400, Michael Richardson wrote:
> don't use e-mail. IM everone.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ruben [mailto:ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 4:05 PM
> To: hangout-at-nylxs.com
> Subject: [hangout] Fighting the Microsoft Mail Bomb
>
>
>
> On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 00:22:59 -0400, s. keeling wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 10:10:12 +1000, Derek Clarkson
> > :
> >>
> >> For the last 6 months I've been posting using my real work email
> >> address. I know it leads to spam, but I wasn't worried about a few
> >> emails which I just autodeleted. I wanted people to be able to contact
> >> me if they wanted to.
> >
> > I want spammers to be able to contact me, so I can kill their accounts!
> >
> >> Up until now I have received about 10-20 spams a day. Last Friday it
> >> went ballistic. Over 1000 in a single day, every one from the swen
> >> virus/worm.
> >
> > Ditto here today. Over 150 Mb of worm crap.
> >
> >> So I shut down my email address and changed it to
> >>
> >> derek-at-water[ANTI_SPAM_REMOVE]werks.com.au.
> >>
> >> Swen saw right through this and within 30 minutes this new email
> >> address was
> >
> > Interesting. Reports suggested it was ignoring addresses with "spam" or
> > "delete" in them as they were likely munged (bogus).
> >
> >> So I am now using completely bogus email addresses in news groups. [My]
> >> apologies to anyone who wants to email me directly.
> >
> > Your choice, but how are you going to kill spammers now?
> >
> >> As a reminder to anyone who has been swamped with junk emails like
> >> more, or is just about to post using their real email address - Don't!
> >
> > Couldn't resist. And for those of you with access to a Unix shell
> > account on your mailhost, drop this into ~/.procmailrc:
> >
> > -------------------------------------
> > # REMOVE THE EMBEDDED UNDERSCORE TO USE THIS!
> > :0 B
> > *
> >
> ()AJBAPACQQDkAkEA3AJBANACQQDEAkEAvAJ_BALACQQCoAkEApAJBAJwCQQCUAkEAjAJBAIQCQQ
> B8
> > {
> > LOG="Worm Footprint - "
> > :0
> > /dev/null
> > }
> > -------------------------------------
> >
> > It may only last until another script kiddie gets his hands on Swen's
> > source, but there's other ways to kill them besides this. Such as
> > dropping anything in email that contains a Windows executable, or
> > anything
> >> 135k, or anything with \ or microsoft in the From: or
> > Subject: line, ...
> >
> > Self-extracting executable attachments, _in email_?!? What for!?! An
> > email bigger than 135k?!? What for!?! email about, from, or relating
> > to microsoft related software?!? Why!?!
> >
> > Pretty drop-dead simple to me.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
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