Hi David,
On Tuesday, April 17, 2001, 9:58:24 PM, you babbled something about:
DLD> Anybody have any idea what AOL's up to? I'm getting at
DLD> least one of these a week. Looks very similar to the
DLD> abuse.net relay test. A Google search results of several
DLD> people seeing this, but no answers. AOL's obviously trying
DLD> to find an open relay, but why? This machine is primarily a
DLD> mail server, mostly running Majordomo.
[snip]
I think it is part of the new movement towards blocking any servers that are
open relays. It is supposedly in the name of blocking spam. I think what
they do is scan any servers that contact them for e-mail to see if it is an
open relay, and if it is then they add it to a blacklist to "prevent spam".
One such incident involving Verio was reported here.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/17639.html
Have fun,
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