Mailing List Archive: Yet Another Clueless MTA

Yet Another Clueless MTA

Feb 14, 1997, 1:15 PM

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How about this one:

telnet golfballsunlimitedusa.com 25

Trying 198.65.171.23...
Connected to golfballsunlimitedusa.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 golfballsunlimitedusa.com FTGate server ready
HELO virtmail.wco.com
250 golfballsunlimitedusa.com
MAIL FROM: <>
250 <> Sender Ok
RCPT TO: <ballman@golfballsunlimitedusa.com>
550 who is the MAIL from

Oops. Someone wasn't paying attention to RFC 821 with respect to
the uses of "MAIL FROM: <>".

Anyone know who wrote FTGate?

-Greg
--
Greg Andrews West Coast Online
Unix System Administrator 5800 Redwood Drive
gerg@wco.com Rohnert Park CA 94928
(yes, 'greg' backwards) 1-800-WCO-INTERNET

Re: Yet Another Clueless MTA [ In reply to ]

ira at ard

Feb 16, 1997, 3:34 AM

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On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Greg Andrews wrote:

> telnet golfballsunlimitedusa.com 25

> MAIL FROM: <>
> 250 <> Sender Ok
> RCPT TO: <ballman@golfballsunlimitedusa.com>

HAHA! you got spam from them too? I always use MAIL FROM: god@heaven.com
when I overflow their Email boxes with a couple of xEmacs RPMs :-) (totals
almost at 20 megs...)

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Re: Yet Another Clueless MTA [ In reply to ]

gerg at wco

Feb 16, 1997, 3:21 PM

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Ira Abramov (at work) <ira@ard.huji.ac.il> writes:
>
>HAHA! you got spam from them too? I always use MAIL FROM: god@heaven.com
>when I overflow their Email boxes with a couple of xEmacs RPMs :-) (totals
>almost at 20 megs...)
>

Do you think you could use a different address for your MAIL FROM?
Heaven.com is a valid domain belonging to Warner Brothers animation
(cartoon) group.

There's no need to make trouble for them if they're not involved
in the UCE.

And isn't overflowing their mailboxes abusive behavior?

-Greg
--
Greg Andrews West Coast Online
Unix System Administrator 5800 Redwood Drive
gerg@wco.com Rohnert Park CA 94928
(yes, 'greg' backwards) 1-800-WCO-INTERNET

Re: Yet Another Clueless MTA [ In reply to ]

ira at scso

Feb 16, 1997, 3:45 PM

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On Sun, 16 Feb 1997, Greg Andrews wrote:

> >HAHA! you got spam from them too? I always use MAIL FROM: god@heaven.com
> >when I overflow their Email boxes with a couple of xEmacs RPMs :-) (totals
> >almost at 20 megs...)
> >
>
> Do you think you could use a different address for your MAIL FROM?
> Heaven.com is a valid domain belonging to Warner Brothers animation
> (cartoon) group.

bad example, I know, because it is a real address... I make these up along
the way and always make sure they don't exist, this one popped into my
head when I wanted to give an example here...

> And isn't overflowing their mailboxes abusive behavior?

it is, but after getting more and more junk mail from them even after
dozens of letters to their postmaster and root, there is little to do. I
don't know where they get my address and who lets them keep it (isn't
there a federal law that an individual must have the privilige of asking
to be removed from such a list?). I use it as a last resort only, believe
me.