[77731] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Time to check the rate limits on your mail servers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Edward B. Dreger)
Thu Feb 3 13:26:37 2005
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 18:25:39 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Edward B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net>
To: Gadi Evron <ge@linuxbox.org>
Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=F8rgen_Hovland?= <jorgen@hovland.cx>,
<nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <42024934.20605@linuxbox.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
GE> Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 17:54:28 +0200
GE> From: Gadi Evron
GE> They now evolved, and are using user-credentials and ISP-servers. This
GE> evolution means that their capabilities are severely decreased, at least
GE> potentially.
This means that it's 1998 again. Direct-to-MX spam was an evolution
when user accounts began getting nuked for spamming.
Eddy
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