ORF also stops them.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Imail_Forum-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Len Conrad
> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 7:01 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Zomibe bots
> 
> 
> >Hey Everyone... I have seen this constantly in my logs for days now. I
> >can start including the IP's in my block list but they are all over the
> >board. Have any of you seen this pattern and if so, can you give me some
> >advice on what it is and the best way to stop it?
> >
> >Here is a log segment...
> >20061113 091747 127.0.0.1       SMTPD (7e8ba54000bea330)
> >[88.154.146.126] EHLO |http://mail.oldartero.com:8889/cgi-bin/put
> 
> this oldartero junk is everywhere by 10s of 1000s.   Looks like a
> bot-meister screwedup his bots and sent URL in the EHLO field with
> always-illegal DNS characters.
> 
> Imail can't do it, but IMGate has a reject_unknown_hostname
> ("hostname" = helo hostname) or a more specific filter.
> 
> Sending IPs using oldatero as EHLO are waving a red flag at you,
> confessing guilt:
> 
> "I'm a mail-bot-infected IP doing direct-to-MX spamming", so
> harvesting these IPs into an access control file or weighting system
> is one way to thank them for their honesty.  :)
> 
> Len
> 
> 
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