Re: [OT] Re: Your response is requested

2001-04-25 Thread Andreas Eibach


- Original Message -
From: "Dale Amon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "J Sloan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Your response is requested


> On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 12:34:36PM -0700, J Sloan wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > Dear Friend:
> > >
> > > YOU CAN make over a half million dollars every 4 to 5 months from
> > > your home for a one time investment of only twenty five U.S.
> > > Dollars.
> >
> > This did not originate from toyota.com - The spammer simply
> > used that domain as the "from" hostname. We are careful
> > about mail server security here, there is no open relay.
> >
>
> Yeah, I saw it to with *MY* domain on it and near had a fit!

Well it's kinda easy to protect yourself against this crap...
Just look through your mailer for 'dollar' || 'dollars' in the *body* of the
message, or more than two exclamation marks in the subject - and you shall
find the bastards ;-)

0.02 e
andreas

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Re: [OT] Re: Your response is requested

2001-04-25 Thread Andreas Eibach


- Original Message -
From: Dale Amon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: J Sloan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Your response is requested


 On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 12:34:36PM -0700, J Sloan wrote:
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
   Dear Friend:
  
   YOU CAN make over a half million dollars every 4 to 5 months from
   your home for a one time investment of only twenty five U.S.
   Dollars.
 
  This did not originate from toyota.com - The spammer simply
  used that domain as the from hostname. We are careful
  about mail server security here, there is no open relay.
 

 Yeah, I saw it to with *MY* domain on it and near had a fit!

Well it's kinda easy to protect yourself against this crap...
Just look through your mailer for 'dollar' || 'dollars' in the *body* of the
message, or more than two exclamation marks in the subject - and you shall
find the bastards ;-)

0.02 e
andreas

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Re: [OT] Re: Your response is requested

2001-04-23 Thread Dale Amon

On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 12:34:36PM -0700, J Sloan wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> > Dear Friend:
> >
> > YOU CAN make over a half million dollars every 4 to 5 months from
> > your home for a one time investment of only twenty five U.S.
> > Dollars.
> 
> This did not originate from toyota.com - The spammer simply
> used that domain as the "from" hostname. We are careful
> about mail server security here, there is no open relay.
> 

Yeah, I saw it to with *MY* domain on it and near had a fit!

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Re: [OT] Re: Your response is requested

2001-04-23 Thread Dale Amon

On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 12:34:36PM -0700, J Sloan wrote:
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
  Dear Friend:
 
  YOU CAN make over a half million dollars every 4 to 5 months from
  your home for a one time investment of only twenty five U.S.
  Dollars.
 
 This did not originate from toyota.com - The spammer simply
 used that domain as the from hostname. We are careful
 about mail server security here, there is no open relay.
 

Yeah, I saw it to with *MY* domain on it and near had a fit!

-- 
--
Use Linux: A computerDale Amon, CEO/MD
is a terrible thing  Village Networking Ltd
to waste.Belfast, Northern Ireland
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