[pvrusb2] FW: [admin] MTA change at isely.net mail server

[Mike Isely]

On Fri, 26 Aug 2011, Freeh Sophia wrote:

> Everyone:
> 
> Since about June 21st, another spammer out there has been relentlessly
> attacking the pvrusb2 mailing list using a type of attack I had not
> previously seen.  As far as I can he has not succeeded and the list has
> stayed uncorrupted.  But I am seeing a constant stream of bounce
> notifications every time he tries.  The really annoying thing is that
> he's attacking the system by fraudulently using my domain (isely.net) in
> the from field and the MTA has been accepting these as legit - and then
> I get the backscatter when the post attempt fails due to the sender not
> actually being subscribed.

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Freeh:

I posted that text back on 8-Jul.  Did you have a comment about this?  
It appears that all you did was to reflect back the same post...

BTW, I have since shut off SPF enforcement, after discovering another 
problem with it :-( The spammer meanwhile seems to have given up :-)

  -Mike


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