Close, I think it was a configuration error on my part. I changed e-mail address to one on my own server and the messages burped from my new one. Sorry for the error.
On Sun, May 7, 2017 12:30, Jerome Shidel wrote: > > >> On May 7, 2017, at 10:43 AM, Jim Hall <jh...@freedos.org> wrote: >> >> >> Some email address was playing back old messages, don't know why. I >> unsubscribed the email address from the list. > > Well, here is my guess on the event. > > > There are many sites that mirror the FreeDOS mailing list archives. The > easiest way to perform that task is to just subscribe to the list and let > SF send the server any updates. Many of the messages in the mini-flood > have truncated subject lines. So, my guess is the server had an and error > that caused its cache to be dumped into postfix (or other mail client) > and off they went. Possibly caused by an attempted hack of the afflicted > server. > > Or, bug in SF mailing list. > > > But, that is all just speculation. Since it was such a short lived flood > and wasn't one of my servers, I'm not concerned enough to dig through my > email archive to compare the headers with the recent messages to see if I > learn anything from them. > >> >> Has it happened in the last 4 hours? >> > > Think there was just that one single flood of about 320 messages early > this morning. > >> The list admin interface kind of sucks from a phone, so I didn't see a >> way to block/ban the address in addition to unsubscribing. I can ban >> the address if it happens again. >> >>> On May 7, 2017 9:05 AM, "Jiri Wackermann" <m...@jiri-wackermann.eu> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Yes, it has happened, and mysteriously, it happens again. >>> I cleaned up my Inbox and now the pest is back. >>> Really annoying. >>> >>> >>> Jiri >>> >>> >>>>> Has it happened to anybody else? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Wesley Parish >>>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> --------- >>> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >>> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Freedos-user mailing list >>> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >>> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ------- >> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! > http://sdm.link/slashdot_______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
