Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-17 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-10-17T02:38:58Z, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That's kinda cool. I use mysql for sympa and really don't want to have to > convert that, nor do I have the patience to adapt it right now. It looks > very promising though. Thanks. I've had it running on production systems fo

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 03:04:29PM -0500, Kirk Strauser wrote: > I released this today; you may be interested: > > http://subwiki.honeypot.net/cgi-bin/view/Freebsd/NewTrino That's kinda cool. I use mysql for sympa and really don't want to have t

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Pigeon
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 11:29:25AM -0400, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 02:33:18PM +0200, Jan Schulz wrote: > | Hallo! > | > | * Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | [swen] > | > Please report these just like spam (just remember you have to do it by > | > hand and n

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-10-16T10:28:07Z, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm glad you asked. Feel free to make a cron script to grab this handy, > dandy net-lsearch-able list of relays I've found to have virus infected > users behind them and put it in /etc/exim4/infected-hosts.txt Paul, I released

Re: spamassassin rules for swen? [Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list]

2003-10-16 Thread Amal Phadke
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 10:51:20AM -0500, Michael A. Miller wrote: > > "Amal" == Amal Phadke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I am currently using combination of Spamassassin and access > > control via /etc/mail/access (I use sendmail) with good > > success. Now "MS Patches" are d

RE: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread DePriest, Jason R.
My main work system is Windows 2000 Pro and I check my email with Outlook XP through a corporate Exchange server. There is no SPAM filtering being done on the Exchange servers as the Messaging Group is horribly understaffed and has trouble keeping a manager and they can't be bothered with extra pr

Re: spamassassin rules for swen? [Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list]

2003-10-16 Thread Marshal Wong
On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 08:51, Michael A. Miller wrote: > > "Amal" == Amal Phadke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I am currently using combination of Spamassassin and access > > control via /etc/mail/access (I use sendmail) with good > > success. Now "MS Patches" are down to one or

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 11:29:25AM -0400, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > Paul is welcome to keep reporting the stuff he gets (say, if you want > I'll redirect all the copies I get to you instead of the bit bucket) No thanks, I get enough on my own. >

spamassassin rules for swen? [Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list]

2003-10-16 Thread Michael A. Miller
> "Amal" == Amal Phadke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am currently using combination of Spamassassin and access > control via /etc/mail/access (I use sendmail) with good > success. Now "MS Patches" are down to one or two per > day. Before I used to get about 80 or more in a d

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 10:56:13AM +0100, Eliot Stock wrote: | After my first post to this list last night, I woke up this morning | to find 40 helpful "MS security updates" in my inbox. | | How are other people dealing with this? Join the club. My answer is in the archives and various parts of

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 02:33:18PM +0200, Jan Schulz wrote: | Hallo! | | * Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | [swen] | > Please report these just like spam (just remember you have to do it by | > hand and not via spamcop). I've been approaching 75% kill rate thanks | > to cooperative ISPs.

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Jan Schulz
Hallo! * Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [swen] > Please report these just like spam (just remember you have to do it by > hand and not via spamcop). I've been approaching 75% kill rate thanks > to cooperative ISPs. Not everybody is online all the time. I've disabled my 'non local' SA te

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 08:21:56PM +0800, David Palmer. wrote: > On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 03:22:34 -0700 > Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What I don't understand is, once I accidentally posted with my "real > > email". Immediately, spam. > > > > I used to post with tb.nospam@, and didn't get any

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 09:59:55PM +1000, James Mills wrote: > And this often works ? Amazingly enough, yes. > I have myself tried to report infected users but gave up when I recieved > no replies from the ISPs. Report every instance. ISPs seem to

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 08:21:56PM +0800, David Palmer. wrote: > I've wondered if it is the same for everyone, and that whoever is behind > swen has access to MSs' mailing list? No idea, there. But I'm amazed the Fed hasn't stuck it to Microsoft for

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 09:30:10PM +1000, James Mills wrote: > On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 10:56:13AM +0100, Eliot Stock wrote: > > After my first post to this list last night, I woke up this morning > > to find 40 helpful "MS security updates" in my inbox. > > > > How are other people dealing with th

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 03:22:34 -0700 Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 10:56:13AM +0100, Eliot Stock wrote: > > After my first post to this list last night, I woke up this morning > > to find 40 helpful "MS security updates" in my inbox. > > > > How are other people dealing w

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Amal Phadke
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 10:56:13AM +0100, Eliot Stock wrote: > After my first post to this list last night, I woke up this morning to find 40 > helpful "MS security updates" in my inbox. > > How are other people dealing with this? Does the list consider this a problem, > or is it just up to me to

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread James Mills
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 04:35:15AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 09:30:10PM +1000, James Mills wrote: > > What can we do besides spoof our email address ? Obviously it's already > > too late for me :( > > Report virus propagators to the offending ISP. Take the last header >

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 09:30:10PM +1000, James Mills wrote: > What can we do besides spoof our email address ? Obviously it's already > too late for me :( Report virus propagators to the offending ISP. Take the last header before it reaches your ISP

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 12:58:36PM +0200, Jan Schulz wrote: > Unfortnatelly this will not prevent any 'real' spammer to get your > emailadress. Both get caught by spamassassin, but real spammer at > least don't sent 140kb... Please report these just l

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread James Mills
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 10:56:13AM +0100, Eliot Stock wrote: > After my first post to this list last night, I woke up this morning to find 40 > helpful "MS security updates" in my inbox. > > How are other people dealing with this? Does the list consider this a problem, > or is it just up to me to

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Tim Ruehsen
Hi Eliot, after posting the first time with a newly created email the day after I received ~100 virus emails. I saw a least three different virus types. Since I don't want to download all these mails (got a slow connection) I installed a filter at GMX (my email provider) which says 'Delete ever

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Jan Schulz
Hallo! * Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I don't understand is, once I accidentally posted with my "real > email". Immediately, spam. Me too :( Another mailadress burned. F**k > I used to post with tb.nospam@, and didn't get any spam for a > couple months. Then, one. So I switched, an

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Please adjust your word wrap to 72 columns to allow for quoting. On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 10:56:13AM +0100, Eliot Stock wrote: > After my first post to this list last night, I woke up this morning > to find 40 helpful "MS security updates" in my inbox.

Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Tom
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 10:56:13AM +0100, Eliot Stock wrote: > After my first post to this list last night, I woke up this morning to find 40 > helpful "MS security updates" in my inbox. > > How are other people dealing with this? Does the list consider this a problem, > or is it just up to me to

getting viruses/spam after posting to this list

2003-10-16 Thread Eliot Stock
After my first post to this list last night, I woke up this morning to find 40 helpful "MS security updates" in my inbox. How are other people dealing with this? Does the list consider this a problem, or is it just up to me to fight this at my server? If so a pointer to any URLs that lay out all t