Re: Contacts re email deliverability problem to tmomail.net?

2010-05-17 Thread J.D. Falk
trying to deliver via the email-SMS gateway).We're not sending ads, newsletters, or other such cruft. That's probably why the mail is only being deferred (as you indicated on the mailop list), rather than rejected outright. -- J.D. Falk jdf...@returnpath.net Return Path Inc

Re: Tools for teaching users online safety

2010-10-26 Thread J.D. Falk
On Oct 25, 2010, at 6:13 PM, Alex Thurlow wrote: I'm trying to find out if there are currently any resources available for teaching people how to be safe online. As in, how to not get a virus, how to pick out phishing emails, how to recognize scams. I'm sure everyone on this list knows

Targeted Phishing Attack

2010-11-29 Thread J.D. Falk
/ -- J.D. Falk Internet Standards Governance Return Path

Re: IPv6 is on the marketers radar

2011-02-11 Thread J.D. Falk
. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, what's heavy quoting and paraphrasing? http://www.returnpath.net/blog/received/2011/02/end-of-ipv4/ (I don't mind, really -- the word needs to get out, and marketers always resist technology unless there's either guaranteed ROI or guaranteed FUD.) -- J.D

Re: spamhaus drop list

2009-06-17 Thread J.D. Falk
in that project since before Trend took over. There's more information at http://www.mail-abuse.com/. (Full disclosure: I worked for the Mail Abuse Prevention System from 2000-2001.) -- J.D. Falk Return Path Inc http://www.returnpath.net/

Re: Botnet hunting resources

2009-08-10 Thread J.D. Falk
with open relays at MAPS) pressure isn't very effective unless there are tools available to deal with the problem. http://www.maawg.org/about/publishedDocuments/MAAWG_Bot_Mitigation_BP_2007-07.pdf -- J.D. Falk Return Path Inc http://www.returnpath.net/

Re: Botnet hunting resources

2009-08-11 Thread J.D. Falk
Jack Bates wrote: J.D. Falk wrote: Hi, Luke! MAAWG recently published a document to help ISPs deal with infected machines in their networks. It's not the same kind of pressure, but (as we learned with open relays at MAPS) pressure isn't very effective unless there are tools available to deal

Re: Ready to get your federal computer license?

2009-08-31 Thread J.D. Falk
else jumps on the bandwagon. Declan does that a lot. It's very annoying, but I suppose cnet has never claimed to be an impartial news organization...or have they? -- J.D. Falk

Re: Repeated Blacklisting / IP reputation

2009-09-08 Thread J.D. Falk
application and other info. -- J.D. Falk Co-Chair, Program Committee Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group

Re: Yahoo and their mail filters..

2009-02-26 Thread J.D. Falk
additional recommendations: http://www.maawg.org/about/publishedDocuments/MAAWG_Email_Forwarding_BP.pdf -- J.D. Falk Return Path Inc http://www.returnpath.net/

Re: Yahoo and their mail filters..

2009-02-26 Thread J.D. Falk
-- they treat those complaints as unsubscribe requests. Yours is not the common use case. -- J.D. Falk Return Path Inc http://www.returnpath.net/

Re: Peering Wars of 1998

2009-02-28 Thread J.D. Falk
nan...@yorku.ca wrote: I'm rsrching the Peering Wars of 1998...anyone able to provide info wd be greatly appreciated. MAE-East was knee-deep in blood. I still have nightmares. -- J.D. Falk Return Path Inc http://www.returnpath.net/

Beware surfers: cyberspace is filling up

2009-04-30 Thread J.D. Falk
/article6169488.ece (I don't even know where to start.) -- J.D. Falk Return Path Inc http://www.returnpath.net/

Re: Article on spammers and their infrastructure

2009-12-23 Thread J.D. Falk
expecting anti-spam researchers to lobby at ARIN RIPE meetings, perhaps ARIN RIPE representatives could visit anti-spam meetings such as MAAWG to ask how they can help? I'd be happy to make some introductions. -- J.D. Falk jdf...@returnpath.net Return Path Inc

Re: Yahoo abuse

2010-02-09 Thread J.D. Falk
what information is needed to do a proper abuse complaint. Yep, that's certainly part of it. -- J.D. Falk jdf...@returnpath.net Return Path Inc

Re: Yahoo abuse

2010-02-11 Thread J.D. Falk
and use drop-down menus to create the XML and the cut/paste this into an email and send. Question is how an end user should handle the reply they get, it'll be pretty much unreadable to the untrained eye. Some types of conversations simply don't take well to automation. -- J.D. Falk jdf

abuse reporting (was Re: Yahoo abuse)

2010-02-14 Thread J.D. Falk
On Feb 11, 2010, at 6:45 PM, James Hess wrote: That said, XML makes a terrible data interchange format for communications where humans are supposed to understand the message, using standard software (such as a legacy e-mail client). Exactly what we said when developing ARF. -- J.D. Falk

PL/SQL CIDR?

2010-03-12 Thread J.D. Falk
Does anyone know of a library, sample code, etc. to help Oracle PL/SQL do CIDR math? -- J.D. Falk jdf...@returnpath.net Return Path Inc

Re: Call for papers (Deadline Extended): ISP-10, USA, July 2010

2010-03-26 Thread J.D. Falk
On Mar 26, 2010, at 6:38 AM, Rich Kulawiec wrote: This is the same fake conference spammer who's been hitting a lot of mailing lists and Usenet newsgroups -- best to blacklist the sender address and the domain. Why is this fake conference still posting to NANOG? -- J.D. Falk jdf

Re: gmail dropping mesages

2011-04-26 Thread J.D. Falk
the users want to receive; conversely, mail which spoofs nanog.org but is not signed can safely* be stored in the big bit bucket in the cloud. -- J.D. Falk the leading purveyor of industry counter-rhetoric solutions * assuming nanog.org signs ALL mail -- but that's another long discussion