This list is wide open for spam posters

[Mike A. Harris]

Please go into GNU mailman list privacy settings and make the 
list subscriber-only.  Alternatively, please post rationale for 
it remaining a spam list please.  ;o)

I'd like to unsubscribe if it remains spammable, as I get enough 
spam already.  ;o)



-- 
Mike A. Harris     ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris
OS Systems Engineer - XFree86 maintainer - Red Hat

[Brent Fox]

On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 04:01, Mike A. Harris wrote:
>  Please go into GNU mailman list privacy settings and make the 
>  list subscriber-only.  Alternatively, please post rationale for 
>  it remaining a spam list please.  ;o)
>  
>  I'd like to unsubscribe if it remains spammable, as I get enough 
>  spam already.  ;o) 
This list is and has always been subscriber-only.  

uijlqfjaboez(a)spammotel.com has a valid entry in the GNU mailman
subscriber list.  For all I know, the list is getting junk mail from his
address that is being spoofed due to the latest viruses that are going
around.  

I'd hate to kick somebody off for something that is beyond their
control.  Heck, I've been getting spam from myself with this MyDoom
virus...I guess I should procmail myself to /dev/null.  ;)

Cheers,
   Brent

[Mike A. Harris]

On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, Brent Fox wrote:

> > Please go into GNU mailman list privacy settings and make the 
> > list subscriber-only.  Alternatively, please post rationale for 
> > it remaining a spam list please.  ;o)
> > 
> > I'd like to unsubscribe if it remains spammable, as I get enough 
> > spam already.  ;o)
>
> This list is and has always been subscriber-only.  
>
> uijlqfjaboez(a)spammotel.com has a valid entry in the GNU mailman
> subscriber list.  For all I know, the list is getting junk mail from his
> address that is being spoofed due to the latest viruses that are going
> around.   
Username == uijlqfjaboez

IMHO sound like a bogus user account to me, set up for the 
purposes of spamming.

and

hostname == spammotel.com

sounds equally suspicious.  Personally I'd remove the account 
based on that alone, but that's just me.  ;o)


> I'd hate to kick somebody off for something that is beyond their
> control.  Heck, I've been getting spam from myself with this MyDoom
> virus...I guess I should procmail myself to /dev/null.  ;) 
You don't have an account name that looks like a cat typed it on 
the keyboard, or it was generated from /dev/urandom though, nor a 
hostname with "spam" in the name.  ;o)

Perhaps I'm being too much of a BOFH, who's to say...  ;o)


-- 
Mike A. Harris     ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris
OS Systems Engineer - XFree86 maintainer - Red Hat

[Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha]

On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 03:46:01AM -0500, Mike A. Harris wrote:
>  hostname == spammotel.com
>  
>  sounds equally suspicious.  Personally I'd remove the account 
>  based on that alone, but that's just me.  ;o) 
I'd check the domain first: http://spammotel.com/spammotel/faq.html

> From what it states it's related to stop spamming. I can't
> guarantee the 
veracity of those statements, I've never used it myself and
I've only heard
about it on your email. :)

Regards,
Luciano Rocha