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Re: spam relaying by the big boys


From: Phil Howard <phil () charon milepost com>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 23:24:16 -0500 (CDT)

Earlier, Myk O'Leary said:

Earlier, Jon Lewis said:

   ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<abuse () uu net>

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to mail.uu.net.:
RCPT To:<abuse () uu net>
<<< 550 <abuse () uu net>... User unknown
550 <abuse () uu net>... User unknown

Connected to mail.uu.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 relay1.UU.NET ESMTP
vrfy fsdf
550 fsdf... User unknown
vrfy abuse
250 <abuse () relay1 UU NET>
quit
221 relay1.UU.NET closing connection
-- 

So the PR department got the word out before the sysadmins got the mailbox
created?  So which department is overloaded?

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Phil Howard KA9WGN   +-------------------------------------------------------+
Linux Consultant     |  Linux installation, configuration, administration,   |
Milepost Services    |  monitoring, maintenance, and diagnostic services.    |
phil at milepost.com +-------------------------------------------------------+


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