[admin] Spam? Fwd: [asdf-install-devel] RETURNED MAIL: DATA FORMAT ERROR

Ingvar ingvar at hexapodia.net
Sun Nov 19 11:14:14 UTC 2006


Gary writes:
> the following looks like spam to me but I want to make sure...
> 
> thanks,

It is, the whole "impersonate the admin team, send on an infected ZIP file" 
is, well, at least a year, probably two-three years old. Looking at the 
headers is somewhat enlightening.
 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> > From: "Mail Administrator" <noreply at common-lisp.net>
> > Date: November 17, 2006 4:04:19 AM EST
> > To: asdf-install-devel at common-lisp.net
> > Subject: [asdf-install-devel] RETURNED MAIL: DATA FORMAT ERROR
> > Return-Path: <asdf-install-devel-bounces at common-lisp.net>
> > Envelope-To: gwking at metabang.com
> > Delivery-Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:04:33 -0500
> > Received: from [80.68.86.115] (helo=common-lisp.net) by  
> > a2s7.a2hosting.com with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GkzeC-0007Hs-GV for  
> > gwking at metabang.com; Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:04:33 -0500
> > Received: by common-lisp.net (Postfix, from userid 65534) id  
> > 124B43A019; Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:03:53 -0500 (EST)
> > Received: from common-lisp.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by common- 
> > lisp.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91B1C281CE; Fri, 17 Nov 2006  
> > 04:03:48 -0500 (EST)
> > Received: by common-lisp.net (Postfix, from userid 65534) id  
> > 04F9D281CE; Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:03:45 -0500 (EST)

Here!
> > Received: from common-lisp.net (unknown [58.140.33.16]) by common- 
> > lisp.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60C0B24053 for <asdf-install- 
> > devel at common-lisp.net>; Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:03:42 -0500 (EST)

Erik, I must admit I don't know PostFix well enough (so I don't know where to 
tweak), but I am thinking that refusing SMTP to anyone that claims to be 
"common-lisp.net" would cut down (slightly) on these.

//Ingvar




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