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St. wrote:
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> Yep, I think you're right. I've checked quite a few of them just now, and
> every one I opened has our works email address in the 'from' field. That's
> funny because our main competitors are now operating from China, and these
> are coming from China. Hmm...
>
> ~Steve~
Time for your sysadmins to do some real work, methinks
John
--
I will be brief but not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the
world's shortest speech. He said, "I will be so brief I am already
finished," then he sat down.
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482c1e12@news.povray.org...
> Wow! Anyone else just get bombed with a stack of those 'postmaster' type
> emails?? See attached. This happened about a week go too when I had over a
> 1000 in the space of a few hours. :o(
It's called backscatter spam, it has been on the rise lately.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1698505531;fp;16;fpid;1
G.
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"Gilles Tran" <gitran_nospam_@wanadoo.fr> wrote in message
news:482c4843$1@news.povray.org...
> 482c1e12@news.povray.org...
>> Wow! Anyone else just get bombed with a stack of those 'postmaster' type
>> emails?? See attached. This happened about a week go too when I had over
>> a 1000 in the space of a few hours. :o(
>
> It's called backscatter spam, it has been on the rise lately.
> http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1698505531;fp;16;fpid;1
Thanks Gilles, it's definately that. I pity the guy that got 10,000 a
second! I'm up to 2440 now.
~Steve~
>
> G.
>
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"Stephen" <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom> wrote in message
news:akgo24lev18me39poff126bpivg088scmr@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 15 May 2008 13:46:54 +0100, "St." <dot### [at] dot com> wrote:
>
>>Yep, I think you're right. I've checked quite a few of them just now, and
>>every one I opened has our works email address in the 'from' field. That's
>>funny because our main competitors are now operating from China, and these
>>are coming from China. Hmm...
>
> Hmm! indeed!
Heh, well, I doubt if it is them in any way, but you never know! (He's
the type that would if he could though).
~Steve~
> --
>
> Regards
> Stephen
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"Doctor John" <doc### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message
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> St. wrote:
>>
>> Yep, I think you're right. I've checked quite a few of them just now,
>> and
>> every one I opened has our works email address in the 'from' field.
>> That's
>> funny because our main competitors are now operating from China, and
>> these
>> are coming from China. Hmm...
>>
>> ~Steve~
>
> Time for your sysadmins to do some real work, methinks
Heh, I *am* the sysadmin! (I think...) ;)
~Steve~
>
> John
>
> --
> I will be brief but not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the
> world's shortest speech. He said, "I will be so brief I am already
> finished," then he sat down.
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On Thu, 15 May 2008 15:48:47 +0100, "St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote:
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> Heh, well, I doubt if it is them in any way, but you never know! (He's
>the type that would if he could though).
LOL Good
--
Regards
Stephen
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St. wrote:
> Heh, I *am* the sysadmin! (I think...) ;)
>
OK Start reading now :-)
http://www.csoonline.com/article/347515/_E_mail_Bouncebacks_You_ve_Been_Backscattered
John
--
I will be brief but not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the
world's shortest speech. He said, "I will be so brief I am already
finished," then he sat down.
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St. wrote:
> emails I mean? It's those Mailer-Daemon/mail delivery subsystem emails.
They're called "bounce messages". :-)
--
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
"That's pretty. Where's that?"
"It's the Age of Channelwood."
"We should go there on vacation some time."
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"Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote in message
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> St. wrote:
>> emails I mean? It's those Mailer-Daemon/mail delivery subsystem emails.
>
> They're called "bounce messages". :-)
LOL! Yeah, I realise that now... :o)
3008
~Steve~
>
> --
> Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
> "That's pretty. Where's that?"
> "It's the Age of Channelwood."
> "We should go there on vacation some time."
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St. wrote:
> LOL! Yeah, I realise that now... :o)
> 3008
Some day, if you write enough server code, you're going to make a
mistake, and you'll look back on 3000 messages to postmaster as "the
good old days, when computers were too slow to flood your mailbox".
Way back in the "old days" when dial-up was fast and Linux didn't boot
off a CD, I had system messages getting mailed to me, and if the line
dropped during the night, I was pretty hosed. When I reconnected, the
server invariably tried to deliver ten thousand messages in parallel,
swamping the machine and filling up the VM to where it crashed again.
Very annoying.
--
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
"That's pretty. Where's that?"
"It's the Age of Channelwood."
"We should go there on vacation some time."
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