Text 196, 71 rader
Skriven 2005-01-27 00:45:49 av Frank Vest (1:124/6308.1)
    Kommentar till text 192 av Gerald Miller (1:342/512)
Ärende: Fighting Spam                                            [1]
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On (26 Jan 05) Gerald Miller wrote to Frank Vest...

Hello Gerald,

 GM> I don't remember if I replied to this message or not....

Me neither. :)

 FV> I have Firefox on my system here. Not bad, but no e-mail support. I
 FV> assume you use a web interface to get e-mail?
 GM> I think you will need Mozilla / Thunderbird for the e-mail.  I'm using
 GM> Mozilla (with the Quick Launch feature) on my XPP box and it shows a
 GM> "E-Mail & Newsgroup" launch menu -- I don't use it.

Yup. But I'll stick with Netscape untill they drop it totally. :)

 FV> You've stated the problem. "this doesn't always work....". :(
 GM> I read a news article that the FBI has a web site and they are
 GM> actively pursuing Spammers and their ISPs -- it may be worth looking
 GM> into; maybe your info will prove to be useful for them.

Possible. Problem is that some of the spam comes from out off the USA.
The FBI won't be able to do much about that, I think.

 FV> the ISP of that person. Sadly, as I said, they do not give much help
 FV> with who the correct ISP is.... even if they know.
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 GM> do a Google for IPv6... It is my understanding that when IPv6 is
 GM> implemented, it will make it much easier to track the spammers (and it
 GM> will be extremely difficult for them to falsify their originating
 GM> e-mail address).

This sounds good. IMHO, much of the problem is tha ability to "spoof"
or just plain fake/falsify/lie about the origin of the e-mail in the
header. Stop that and one will see a drop in spam like you can't
believe! :-)

While not impossible, FTN systems have a harder time faking the FTN
address and path. :)

 FV> Being a Sysop, and having an e-mail server running, I find this to be
 FV> a two edged sword. I have found that I suddenly could no longer send
 FV> or receive e-mail and discovered that my domain had been added to some
 FV> DNS black list. My logs show no mass e-mail or other spam leaving my
 FV> site and I do not allow relays. There is no reason for my domain to be
 FV> blocked. I then have the option of either requesting that my domain be
 FV> removed and dealing with the hassle involved in that, or not using
 FV> that DNS blacklist server. I usually choose the latter, even though it
 FV> means more spam gets through. Of course, that only allows e-mail to
 FV> come into my system. Other server that use that particular dns
 FV> blacklist can not receive from me. Sometimes this is a major ISP. :(
 GM> I am also a sysop, but my Fidonet system is totally isolated from any
 GM> Windows and, I don't run a BBS, but I can sympathize with your
 GM> problems. Is your e-mail server running in a Demilitarized Zone?

My system runs Win98 with Windows' Internet Connection Sharing
providing the NAT routing/firewall.

All ports that are not used for the BBS are blocked.


Regards,
Frank

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