Re: MS mail bombs
Wayne Gemmell(wayneg@ananzi.co.za) is reported to have said:
> > >>>"Walt L. Williams" <wwilliams@intergate.com> wrote:
> > >>>>Is there anyone else out there being mail bombed with emails
> > >>>>that look like there from M$? The rate at which their coming
> > >>>>is increasing exponentially.
>
> I recieved 10Mb of mail over the weekend, and I the last 12 hours I recieved
> another 10Mb. I have a 10Mb internet based, downloadable mailbox and at this
> rate I should recieve mail for 3 hours tomorrow before it becomes flooded!
> Its very disturbing. I'd love to get my hands on the person responsible for
> this!
>
> > >>>
> > >>> My solution has been exim4, exiscan-acl, clamav, spamassassin and
> > >>> liberal use of shorewall's blacklist.
>
> I can't see any solution to this. Downloading this amount of mail during the
> day would cost me a fortune *sniff*
You might want to take a look at the mailfilter package. With it I am
removing the offending mail, at the server, having only downloaded the
headers.
Wayne
--
If you put garbage in a computer nothing comes out but garbage. But
this garbage, having passed through a very expensive machine, is
somehow enobled and none dare criticize it.
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