Quick spam

I post one reply to a request for info in
alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit, on Monday at 17.38 using my new munged
identity(1), and it only takes 2 days to almost the hour to receive a
Nigerian spam email!
This hi-speed global community is getting too much for me.

(1) It's my first attempt to try and get the spam into a seperate folder
for easy deletion!

 

What's that all about then??

 

OIC. Not too sure if the Septics are gonna worry about me getting a 419
though....

 

Kevin Seal wrote

Kev you have Turnpike, all you need to do is to set it to reject any
mail aimed at user "lion" and it will. No need for additional spam
mailboxes.

 

Bad form, excuses etc..

As a follow up, can someone decipher the spammers actual email address,
so that the other spam bots can pick it up and offer him a large
penis/breast enhancement/viagra whatever....

Received: from pop.freeserve.co.uk by dsl.pipex.com with POP3
id
<"1066235536.H137024P1927.imailm1.svr.pol.co.uk".XXXXXXXXX.freeserve.co.u
>
for <>;
Wed, 15 Oct 2003 18:24:19 +0100
X-From_: Wed Oct 15 17:32:16 2003
Return-path: <>
Envelope-to:
Delivery-date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 17:32:16 +0100
Received: from [64.42.2.179] (helo=server.blglass.com)
by imailm1.svr.pol.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.14)
id 1A9oZK-0000L9-G8
for ; Wed, 15 Oct 2003
17:32:15 +0100
Received: from smtp0199.mail.yahoo.com ([200.67.180.192]) by
server.blglass.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329);
Wed, 15 Oct 2003 09:26:48 -0700
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 16:25:48 GMT
From: "alele"<>
X-Priority: 3
To:
Subject: Urgent Business Proposal
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Message-ID: <>
X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 Oct 2003 16:26:57.0370 (UTC)
FILETIME=[270713A0:01C39339]

 

Well, I've set it so that it goes to a dead letter mailbox, so that I
can check I'm not rejecting emails I actually want.
I tried to spoof my Freeserve address, but the German server wouldn't
accept it.

 

Kevin Seal wrote

But you don't want *any* mail to kevinlion.

 

Desmond Coughlan wrote

He doesn't need silly toys, he already has a proper fully functional
mail client. All he has to do is learn how to use it properly.

 

Desmond Coughlan wrote

I wish.

No, it is quite simple really: Turnpike works.

 

Doc Gonz0 wrote

Similar reports from this correspondent.

Neat trick.

 

you still get spam because freeserve just deliver to the doamin name.
Irrespective of what is before the @.

 

Desmond Coughlan wrote

I am currently (today) getting 100% blockage of spam. And Kevin is
using turnpike which means he is a windoze user so procmail would be
bugger all use to him. Unless, of course, it has been ported to
windoze.

 

Turnpike suits me, tah muchly.

I have in the Reply To field!

 

Oh, how right you are!
I keep reading the custom rejection rules, and trying them out. Only to
have it say "Error in (whatever)"
I'll have to read the manual again, shame it's version 3.03.....

 

Now, I *know* that!! But a lot of people I communicate with are
fairly dim netiquette wise, and pass on mails etc. without snipping text
whatever, and also are incapable of sorting out spam traps.
So if I just rejected them, I may lose mail I want.

 

<snip very helpful info>

Cheers for that Doc, I'll probably send an abuse report or two later.

I checked Des's(1) link and found the Met site re 419ers and they only
want reports if you have actually been silly enough to send money!

BG.

(1) I only got Grade 4 CSE English so I don't know if that's right or
not! And to quote.. DILLIGAF.

 

Cheers for that Des.

 

Doc Gonz0 wrote

Sounds it.

I don't really understand this though. I don't recall seeing spam to
different usernames from the same source arriving together. Perhaps you
get a different sort of spam?

Been on a diet?

 

Kevin Seal wrote

Of course.

Create an email name called kevinlion and forget the custom rules. Just
do:
file/configure/email routing/envelope rejection/add. Reject on
"addressed to:". kevinlion. OK.

The above assumes that 6 is the same as 5 in this respect.

Post legitimately as kevinlion. Correspond as yourself.

It works 100% for don't_spam

Try pressing F1, it is bang up to date.

 

Kevin Seal wrote

No.