Re: [OT] Re: Your response is requested

Andreas Eibach (a.eibach@gmx.net)
Wed, 25 Apr 2001 20:51:11 +0200


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Amon" <amon@vnl.com>
To: "J Sloan" <jjs@toyota.com>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Your response is requested

> On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 12:34:36PM -0700, J Sloan wrote:
> > J.I.@toyota.com wrote:
> >
> > > Dear Friend:
> > >
> > > YOU CAN make over a half million dollars every 4 to 5 months from
> > > your home for a one time investment of only twenty five U.S.
> > > Dollars.
> >
> > This did not originate from toyota.com - The spammer simply
> > used that domain as the "from" hostname. We are careful
> > about mail server security here, there is no open relay.
> >
>
> Yeah, I saw it to with *MY* domain on it and near had a fit!

Well it's kinda easy to protect yourself against this crap...
Just look through your mailer for 'dollar' || 'dollars' in the *body* of the
message, or more than two exclamation marks in the subject - and you shall
find the bastards ;-)

0.02 e
andreas

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