Comments on: Spammer Weirdness: Trapping The Trap http://phaq.phunsites.net/2006/04/26/18/ my daily IT madness Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:37:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: insider http://phaq.phunsites.net/2006/04/26/18/comment-page-1/#comment-28 insider Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:35:15 +0000 http://phaq.phunsites.net/2006/04/26/18/#comment-28 yeah. The scanners have no been going for almost an entire year. Only msgtrap2 has been shut down. Despite how openly available the e-mail address was, no one has ever sent a complaint e-mail. I just thought it was interesting to see. And also, by the way, I can say with relative certainty, that I am probably the only person who scans with any real intensity who is left. Spammers don't really use open relays frequently anymore. yeah. The scanners have no been going for almost an entire year. Only msgtrap2 has been shut down. Despite how openly available the e-mail address was, no one has ever sent a complaint e-mail. I just thought it was interesting to see. And also, by the way, I can say with relative certainty, that I am probably the only person who scans with any real intensity who is left. Spammers don’t really use open relays frequently anymore.

]]> By: delmatto http://phaq.phunsites.net/2006/04/26/18/comment-page-1/#comment-27 delmatto Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:24:57 +0000 http://phaq.phunsites.net/2006/04/26/18/#comment-27 Well, thank you for your feedback on that matter. I'm sure others have noticed this before, too. Most of them if not all surely have not paid too much attention to it. There's a lot of crap email traffic these days... Well, thank you for your feedback on that matter.

I’m sure others have noticed this before, too.
Most of them if not all surely have not paid too
much attention to it.

There’s a lot of crap email traffic these days…

]]> By: insider http://phaq.phunsites.net/2006/04/26/18/comment-page-1/#comment-26 insider Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:16:24 +0000 http://phaq.phunsites.net/2006/04/26/18/#comment-26 Hey there bud. This actually has nothing to do with this current article. Rather, I thought I’d share a funny story. So today, one of my buddies sent me a link to your site. Specifically, an April 06 entry. And yeah, I just wanted to congratulate you on killing my old seed e-mail account awhile back(msgtrap2). I use it to test the effectiveness of spam blacklists (njabl, spamhaus, spamcop, you name it), and yeah. I was quite impressed that someone finally noticed and did something about it. I’m sure you’ll be happy to know, the gmail did eventually disconnect the account, an action that had not occured before or since. Of course, it didnt take long to get a new one (yay gmail spoolers), but still. Impressive. And before you hop on that whois site, I feel you should know that yes, this server is not home computer. It’s from a friend’s server(yes, it is spam blacklisted). Regrettably, these are the only types of computers I can test from. Also, before you say it, I’m pretty aware that this type of activity can be somewhat bothersome, but as far as I know at least, it doesnt do a lot of real harm. I’ll check back, see if you respond. Adios Hey there bud. This actually has nothing to do with this current article. Rather, I thought I’d share a funny story.
So today, one of my buddies sent me a link to your site. Specifically, an April 06 entry.
And yeah, I just wanted to congratulate you on killing my old seed e-mail account awhile back(msgtrap2).
I use it to test the effectiveness of spam blacklists (njabl, spamhaus, spamcop, you name it), and yeah. I was quite impressed that someone finally noticed and did something about it.
I’m sure you’ll be happy to know, the gmail did eventually disconnect the account, an action that had not occured before or since. Of course, it didnt take long to get a new one (yay gmail spoolers), but still. Impressive.
And before you hop on that whois site, I feel you should know that yes, this server is not home computer. It’s from a friend’s server(yes, it is spam blacklisted). Regrettably, these are the only types of computers I can test from. Also, before you say it, I’m pretty aware that this type of activity can be somewhat bothersome, but as far as I know at least, it doesnt do a lot of real harm.
I’ll check back, see if you respond.
Adios

]]> By: delmatto http://phaq.phunsites.net/2006/04/26/18/comment-page-1/#comment-25 delmatto Sun, 04 Jun 2006 08:29:40 +0000 http://phaq.phunsites.net/2006/04/26/18/#comment-25 This is very unlikely because of three reasons: #1 the source IP is from KORNET (Korea) #2 the source IP lacks a dns reverse pointer #3 Google confirmed this beeing a user account In general one could assume Google would not use a korean IP address even if they did a search for open relays. This is very unlikely because of three reasons:

#1 the source IP is from KORNET (Korea)
#2 the source IP lacks a dns reverse pointer
#3 Google confirmed this beeing a user account

In general one could assume Google would not use
a korean IP address even if they did a search for open relays.

]]> By: SomeGuy http://phaq.phunsites.net/2006/04/26/18/comment-page-1/#comment-24 SomeGuy Sun, 04 Jun 2006 02:22:51 +0000 http://phaq.phunsites.net/2006/04/26/18/#comment-24 I actually wonder if perhaps Google is just checking mail servers for open relays in order to build a blocklist at gmail.com. I've seen this exact same relay attempt by msgtrap2@gmail.com in 2 different mail servers I manage both within the past couple of days! I actually wonder if perhaps Google is just checking mail servers for open relays in order to build a blocklist at gmail.com. I’ve seen this exact same relay attempt by msgtrap2@gmail.com in 2 different mail servers I manage both within the past couple of days!

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