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Re: Time to check the rate limits on your mail servers
From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 09:34:16 -0500
On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 11:42:55AM +0000, Michael.Dillon () radianz com wrote:
CNET reports http://news.com.com/Zombie+trick+expected+to+send+spam+sky-high/2100-7349_3-5560664.html?tag=cd.top that botnets are now routing their mail traffic through the local ISP's mail servers rather than trying their own port 25 connections.
There is one mistatement in this article, though: the author says: "This means the junk mail appears to come from the ISP [...]" If it's coming from their servers (or their network), it IS coming from the ISP, and they bear full responsibility for making it stop. ---Rsk
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- Re: Time to check the rate limits on your mail servers Gadi Evron (Feb 03)
- Re: Time to check the rate limits on your mail servers Raymond Dijkxhoorn (Feb 03)
- Re: Time to check the rate limits on your mail servers Gadi Evron (Feb 03)
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- Re: Time to check the rate limits on your mail servers Gadi Evron (Feb 03)
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- Re: Time to check the rate limits on your mail servers Scott Weeks (Feb 03)
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- Re: Time to check the rate limits on your mail servers Gadi Evron (Feb 03)
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