[71878] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: SprintPCS spam policies
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Kuhnke)
Thu Jun 24 17:48:49 2004
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 14:44:43 -0700
From: Eric Kuhnke <eric@fnordsystems.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <200406242056.i5OKum6i000512@greatbasin.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> I just wanted to give everyone a heads-up on the antispam policies of
> SprintPCS, so that you will know what to expect if you start getting blocked
> by their mx.messaging.sprintpcs.com mail servers.
As a non-sprint-related side note, I know of somebody whose AT&T
Wireless phone service was rendered completely unusable by incoming spam
via the email-to-SMS gateway. The typical rate was one message every 30
minutes, the only solution offered by customer service was to change the
phone number. Has anyone ever encountered spammers doing a dictionary
attack (emailing all 9999 phone numbers in a NXX) via email-to-SMS
gateways?
