Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 12 Sep 2002 17:06:15 -0400 (EDT) | From | Gerhard Mack <> | Subject | Re: [OFFTOPIC] Spamcop |
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Check your logs .. it looks like maybe somone was sending spoofed requests? Either that or somone was a total dumbass.
I wonder how hard it is to generate enough requests to get somone listed.
Gerhard
On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Russell King wrote:
> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 21:10:56 +0100 > From: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> > To: Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> > Subject: [OFFTOPIC] Spamcop > > Hi, > > I'd like to bring to peoples attention the idiotic situation going on > with the RBL list known as spamcop. > > spamcop have entered into their database the IP address for > www.linux.org.uk, which is a machine containing many mailing lists > and other facilities. www.linux.org.uk is NOT, repeat NOT an open > relay, and as far as I'm aware has never performed any open relaying. > > However, the basis under which it has been listed is that spamcop > received a mailman reponse to a message their tester sent to a valid > mailing list address. The mailman response was: > > "Subject: Your message to Linux-arm awaits moderator approval" > > Obviously, it didn't relay the spam, nor the test message. > > > If spamcop is accepting hosts with mailing lists that send responses > back to the person sending the original mail, any mailing list is open > to being listed in the spamcop database. > > My advice is: stay FAR away from spamcop. If you're using spamcop > on your mail server, remove it now before they cut you off from all > your mailing lists. > > Here's the URL explaining why www.linux.org.uk has been listed: > > http://spamcop.net/w3m?action=checkblock&ip=195.92.249.252 > > (Note: this does mean that some kernel people may not be able to > post messages for a while. Hence the vague relevance of this > message to lkml.) > >
-- Gerhard Mack
gmack@innerfire.net
<>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.
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