At 1:24 PM +1000 7/23/04, Robert Dorning wrote: >I was very pleased to finally get my new SIMS receiving e-mail and had >sent 2 test e-mails to my SIMS account through my ISP. Almost >immediately I received 3 or 4 spam addressed to my SIMS account. I was >stunned. How do they do it?
I can think of at least four ways they could have your server's name: 1: DNS records. 2: There is a web server out there. 3: The web archives of this list. 4: They could have a port scanner of wide swaths of IPs that just tries port 25 on all of them. They're clever monkeys, our spammers are. There is no security through obscurity, unfortunately. -- Michael Croft http://www.whiterose.org/michael SAM: It's 106 miles to the Crack of Doom. We've got a magic ring, two daggers, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses FRODO: Hit it. ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
