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| DATE | 2008-05-01 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Re: [nylug-talk] Attack on the NYLXS Server
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On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 08:39:48AM -0400, Paul Robert Marino wrote:
> 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:
I thought that IP address was from thinkgeek
Ruben
> >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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