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DATE | 2008-04-28 |
FROM | From: "Ron Guerin"
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SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Re: [nylug-talk] Attack on the NYLXS Server
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i can't see headers on my mobile, but i can't see how that message is anything more than a nuisance to be ignored. i've seen this done before, it's quite common, and succeeds at getting on people's nerves when the list in queston has an inattentive owner.
- Ron
> ------- Original Message ------- > From: Paul Robert Marino > To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com, NYLUG Technical Discussion > Sent: 4/28/08, 5:39:48 AM > Subject: Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Re: [nylug-talk] Attack on the NYLXS Server > > Actualy look at the original source server its not from thinkgeek. > This is probably a fishing expidition. > On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 4:10 am, Ron Guerin wrote: > > Ruben Safir wrote: > >> I've been stiring the paid trolls on usenet in comp.os.linux.advocacy > >> pretty goof and now we > >> are suddenly seeing messages like this coming across the mail server. > >> I'm wondering what you guys think, if this is an overt hacking attempt > >> of our systems. > > > > If it's anything, it's an attempt to be a nuisance by getting a bot at > > ThinkGeek subscribed to your list, which would then continually reply > > to every message it received with an autoresponse until you removed the > > address from your list. > > > > - Ron > ___________________________________________ > The average person does a lot of work in the name of laziness! > Save youre self the effort by doing it right the first time. > Do it with free speech software. >
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