History: This issue was originally reported to BUGTRAQ on Friday 11 January 2002. I originally sent this response four days later, on Tuesday 15 January 2002, and again on Monday 21 January 2002, but it didn't get moderated through. Since this was originally sent, additional fixes have been made and the current package version is 1.15.2, not 1.15.0 as mentioned below. See the ChangeLog on the site for details. -------------------- Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: > > > Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 13:51:55 +1100 > > To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com > > Subject: autoresponder program could be tricked by spamers to send > > unsolicited mail to victim's address > > > > Autoresponder program > > http://meepzor.com/packages/autoresponder/ > > could be tricked by spamers to send unsolicited mail to > > victim's address if option reply with copy of original > > message attached to response is enabled in autoresponder's > > configuration. I have addressed this by adding two new bits of anti-spam functionality to the package: 1/ ability to ignore blind messages (i.e., any that don't include our address in the To: or Cc: line) 2/ add history tracking feature The purpose of the first should be self-evident. The history capability, if enabled, will record the time of the last autoresponse to each address, and ignore future messages until a threshold number of seconds (specified by the run-time --ignore-interval option) have passed. Neither of these are enabled by default, for the simple reason that user input (email address, database location) is required. In addition, the history function needs a CPAN module that earlier versions of autoresponder did not. (You don't need that module if you don't use the history capability.) This is all in release 1.15.0, now available from <URL:http://MeepZor.Com/packages/autoresponder/>. An announcement to Freshmeat and the package interest list is coming next. Thanks for your attention and support! -- #ken P-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http://Golux.Com/coar/ Author, developer, opinionist http://Apache-Server.Com/ "Millenium hand and shrimp!"
