RE: fix.your.open.relay.or.die.net

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David, I don't think the folks at die.net are directly doing anything to
Nathan's machine.  I think what's happened is that an email harvester is
using Nathan's SMTP server, but they're spamming die.net email addresses.
The folks at die.net, by making their email address easily recognizable,
made it clear what's happening.

I think some unnamed harvester went through die.net, picked up all the
die.net addresses, then used them as the recipient of spam through Nathan's
machine.  So I don't think die.ne is attacking or playing with Nathan's
machine.  Sort of like putting ink into a bag of money at a bank, the
die.net address is just the ink the money sack that's now on the hands of
the spammers.

Joe


> -----Original Message-----
> From: David.X.Kahn@gsk.com
>
> Nathan wrote:
>
> > My OS/400 SMTP server has been REALLY busy this morning.
>
> Open mail relays are exploited by spammers to disguise the origin of their
> UCE. It looks as though an anti-spam group or individual has decided to
> take direct action (I'm guessing) through DoS attacks to disable any open
> relays the find. While open relays are a serious problem, this kind of
> guerrilla action is stupidly irresponsible, possibly illegal, and no more
> justified as a spam counter measure than mail bombing.