Tom Curl wrote: > The worst part is when your email server gets blocked by ISPs as a > spammer. Even though your machine is not compromised the volume of mail > with your return email address kicks off some spam detectors. I had > this happen, pain in the a$$. > Esp. when the blacklist "services" block an entire range of addresses. For example, cogeco, out of Canada, was using... I think it was spamhaus. Via them, cogeco blocked *all* of central Floria RoadRunner (Time-Warner, hundreds and hundreds of thousands of folks near Orlando....) mark > > On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 14:00 -0400, Mark Haney wrote: >> Jose R R wrote: >>> Good morning (California), RH list members- >>> Below is an fragment of one that even attempted to join an google group: >>> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >> Alan is right, there is NO way to prevent this. I would however double >> check to make sure your mail server isn't compromised (which it probably >> isn't, but a good double-check never hurts. >> >> Also, there's a well known issue with Google owned domains (like >> googlegroups) that are very susceptible to backscatter spam attacks to >> find legit email addresses in those domains. >> >> Unfortunately, the d*ckhead spammers won't leave us alone. If everyone >> on the planet would stop clicking on them, maybe a good portion of them >> would go away. >> >> *puts away soapbox* >> >> >> -- >> Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt -- Caius Julius Caesar >> >> >> Mark Haney >> Sr. Systems Administrator >> ERC Broadband >> (828) 350-2415 >> >> Call (866) ERC-7110 for after hours support >> > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
