At 09:34 PM 9/18/03 -0400, Peter Kaulback wrote the following: >Gerry, aren't there a lot of poorly configured proxies in the Asian >Pacific region, as well as mail servers and mail scripts as well? > >One seminar I unfortunately missed a lot of, spoke a lot of many of these >issues in this region being the culprits. What better way to mask your >identity and your location but by utilizing these methods to your own end? > >Some Canadians got busted for one of the Nigerian scams last year, but it >gets passed back and forth like online prescriptions and Viagra.
I wouldn't think poorly configured proxy servers. Many countries use them to limit the type of Internet information into the country - Singapore (the most restrictive nation in the world concerning Internet access controls the whole country's access to the Internet by proxy servers), the UAE. Saudi Arabia, Iran, and other middle-eastern countries all use proxy servers to control what their people receive from the Internet. There is an entire mailing list devoted to this subject ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and web site (http://www.ijs.co.nz/index.htm). When I was the administrator of the Accmail mailing list, we discussed e-mail only methods to bypass Saudi proxy servers. It turned out to be a cat-an-mouse game between ISPs and users. As soon as one method worked, it was promptly blocked by the ISP. The ISPs even resorted to blocking specific e-mail addresses. The only sure fire method was to use the nym server. Poorly configured mail servers susceptible to port 25 hacking I can believe. However, most ISPs and system administrators try to "plug" these holes as fast as they are found. There probably are some "rogue" servers out there that spammers use with abandon, but most of the spam I see is from mass mailer software that configures it own SMTP server. These are just some of the suspect spam mailers (from my procmail recipe) (DiffondiCool|SuperMailer|Extractor|Floodgate|WorldMerge|\ => Quick\ Shot|Emailer\ Platinum|NetMailer|Aristotle|EmailBlaster|\ => FastMail|mailcast|MassE-Mail|Marketing|Fusion|Powermailer|\ => Blastoise|longtan|GoldMine|Avalanche|CTMailer|diffondi|Vera|\ => massmail|FlashSend|CDmail|clansoft|PhoenixMailer|max-email|\ => MailKing|NetMailer|RamoMail|WorldMerge|eMerge|massmail\.pl|\ => EMailing\ List\ Pro|Dynamic\ Opt-In\ Emailer|Dynamic\ Mail\ Pro|\ => Microsoft\ CDO|juhi1weei4liqu16|Copia\ emailFacts|\ => Jackpot|\Roving\ Constant\ Contact|\\Arclab Maillist Controller|\ => eGroups\ Message\ Poster|\GRMessageQueue|Flicks Softwares|\ => sendEmail-v|Mailer\ Signature|SafeMail\ Opt-In\ List\ Manager|\ => MailWorkZ\ Broadcast|Aureate\ Group\ Mail|lightening\ mailer|\ => ACE\ Contact\ Manager|Aristotle\ Mail|CyberCreek\ Avalanche|\ => E-mail\ Magnet|Ellipse\ Bulk\ Emailer|Group\ Mail|EPaper\ Boy|\ => Mail\ Bomber|\.SMTP32\ v|Advanced\ Direct\ Remailer|\ => (jpfree\ )?Group\ Mail\ Express) -- Gerry Boyd ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
