I'm forwarding a message that was sent to a list owner address that happens to include me. For those who don't know (those outside of the UK) ic24.net is a "new" ISP in the UK targetted at home dial-up users. I have not confirmed the report below, but if it is true, I suppose that most list managers will start disallowing subscriptions from ic24.net subscribers until ic24.net conforms to Internet mail standards. See http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/docs/email/badbounce.html for a description of why what ic24.net is accussed of doing is a very bad thing. -j -- Jeffrey Goldberg +44 (0)1234 750 111 x 2826 Cranfield Computer Centre FAX 751 814 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://WWW.Cranfield.ac.uk/public/cc/cc047/ Relativism is the triumph of authority over truth, convention over justice. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 99 11:03:53 +0100 From: Trevor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: FYI, problem with ic24.net emails In case you are not already aware of this I thought I'd forward this to you There seems to be a big problem with the new ic24.net. The se7ens mailing list has had all messages repeated several times for the last day. It seems ic24 bounces to reply-to rather than return-path. All mails received from ic24.net have temporarily been banned from the se7ens list. Trevor. >From the listowner of the se7ens mailing list: > > Is anybody else getting the same messages repeated more than once ? >Found it! The problem is "ic24.net" which is (another) freebie account >currently on offer from petrol stations (managed, I believe, by Cable >and Wireless). It appears that when an ic24 account mailbox fills up - >it's relaying back to the 'reply-to' address and spoofing the original >senders email address!!! >the message comes from the users machine to their >provider and to our machine here at "sheddy.net". >Then, from the list manager (majordomo) to "sheddy.net" to >our relay server "relay1.mail.uk.psi.net" then to "smtp.ic24.net" >(running guess what?!) then from "smtp.ic24.net" back to >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]"! >Who said the internet isn't a toy?! >I suppose you get what you pay for..... >Steve. >-------------------------------------------------------- >To stop receiving this list, mail "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >with the line 'unsubscribe sevens' in the message BODY.
