On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 05:14, Matthias Witschel wrote: > I actually recieve lots of them. > Didn't find out where they are coming frm either :-( > > > does anybody else on this mailing list get slammed by the "Microsoft > > Update" virus going around, i'm trying to figure out why i get nailed by > > it all the time, and i apologize for the apparent list spam. ( i > > believe the virus is called swen or gibe )
For about a month ago I had used my primary e-mail at Usenet (such a bummer). A week later my mailgraph told me that it rejected nearly 3,000 e-mails a day and that it was still getting larger. It went on that way for a couple of days, so I decided to remove the MX record for that domain and tell everyone that I've changed my address because of spam/virus. It was a waste of bandwidth and my tiny gateway was getting slower too. But, that didn't help. I had to put an MX record to localhost before the flooding stopped. Rather annoying really. So a hint for the usenetters. Use a fake e-mail address or they will come after your mailbox. -- Med venlig hilsen / Best regards, Kim Ingemann http://pingvinland.dk/
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