Thus said "Aaron Newcomb" on Sun, 15 Oct 2000 01:26:30 EDT:
> Yes. That makes sense. I knew there had to be a way. Thanks for the help.
> The most offending address is 210.133.28.162.
Ok Aaron,
This host is definitely a spammers delight---it's known as an Open
Relay. This means that it will relay email from any email address to
any other. This apparently has been submitted to ORBS, but not yet
made it into RBL. See here:
http://www.orbs.org/verify.php3?address=210.133.28.162
I just tested it myself and the mail did arrive in my mailbox through
their server. What you should do is block it with tcpserver---whatever
you do, don't switch to inetd, you're on the right track with tcpserver.
Do as Chris suggested and then recompile your tcp.smtp.cdb or whatever
you called the cdb. Additionally, you might want to report them to
www.mail-abuse.org as an Open Relay. See the instructions on their
webpage for how to deal with spammers and how to report to them. Once
they are in the RBL they will not be able to send to a large part of
the Internet. (BTW, does anyone really know how many companies/ISPs
use RBL?)
Andy
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