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Date:      Wed, 1 Jul 1998 00:37:35 -0400 (EDT)
From:      spork <spork@super-g.com>
To:        David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Too much spam from uu.net 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980701003222.18384A-100000@super-g.inch.com>
In-Reply-To: <199807010024.TAA11744@nospam.hiwaay.net>

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How annoying.  smtp0-alterdial.uu.net is open to the whole world for
relay.  That's just incredibly irresponsible...

Here's a message I sent to myself through their relay.  Note that it
*does not* show the host that it received the mail from:

------
Return-Path: <foo@spam.com>
Received: from smtp0-alterdial.uu.net (smtp0-alterdial.UU.NET
[192.48.96.28])
        by arutam.inch.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA17378
        for <noc@inch.com>; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 00:32:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: foo@spam.com
Received: by smtp0-alterdial.uu.net with SMTP 
        id QQewcg05158; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 04:31:20 GMT
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 04:31:20 GMT
Message-Id: <QQewcg05158.199807010431@smtp0-alterdial.uu.net>
Subject: SPAM all you want - We relay MORE!
To: undisclosed-recipients:;

Nice open relay here.

C
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Charles Sprickman
spork@super-g.com
---- 

On Tue, 30 Jun 1998, David Kelly wrote:

> spork writes:
> > How hard is it to allow uu.net mail relays, but no direct connections from
> > dialups, ie: foo.tnt.foo.uu.net is blocked but smtp.uu.net is not?  I'm
> > looking to do something like this here, but haven't revisited sendmail in
> > some time.  There's no reason for a dialup connection to send me (or
> > anyone else) mail directly.  They should be sending via their ISP's relay
> > instead.
> 
> Some spam directly from their dialup, others don't seem to mind letting 
> uu.net's hosts do it. I'm thinking seriously about the Death Penalty 
> for all uu.net processed email to my personal account.
> 
> All of the following were forwarded to abuse@uu.net.
> 
> Snips from my spam folder:
> 
> Received: from gte.net (1Cust30.tnt3.redondo-beach.ca.da.uu.net [208.252.35.30])
> 	by mail.HiWAAY.net (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id FAA28616;
> 	Tue, 30 Jun 1998 05:49:36 -0500 (CDT)
> 
> Received: from relay1.UU.NET (relay1.UU.NET [192.48.96.5])
> 	by mail.HiWAAY.net (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id CAA12051
> 	for <dkelly@hiwaay.net>; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 02:32:56 -0500 (CDT)
> Received: from LOCALNAME by relay1.UU.NET with SMTP
> 	(peer crosschecked as: 1Cust192.tnt10.nyc3.da.uu.net [153.37.131.192])
> 	id QQevyz20480; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 03:28:02 -0400 (EDT)
> 
> Received: from mail2.yahoo.com (1Cust236.tnt23.atl2.da.uu.net [153.34.31.236])
> 	by mail.HiWAAY.net (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id WAA16128;
> 	Sun, 28 Jun 1998 22:43:18 -0500 (CDT)
> 
> Received: from 153.37.9.203 (1Cust203.tnt3.sfo3.da.uu.net [153.37.9.203])
> 	by mail.HiWAAY.net (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id OAA12526;
> 	Sun, 28 Jun 1998 14:10:17 -0500 (CDT)
> 
> Received: from smtp0-alterdial.uu.net (smtp0-alterdial.UU.NET [192.48.96.28])
> 	by mail.HiWAAY.net (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id FAA19141
> 	for <dkelly@hiwaay.net>; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 05:54:22 -0500 (CDT)
> Received: from anonymous by smtp0-alterdial.uu.net with SMTP
> 	(peer crosschecked as: wck-ca7-11.ix.netcom.com [204.31.231.43])
> 	id QQevsd13937; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 10:52:52 GMT
> 
> Received: from river99 (1Cust234.tnt18.atl2.da.uu.net [153.36.118.234])
> 	by mail.HiWAAY.net (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id BAA15638;
> 	Sun, 28 Jun 1998 01:48:04 -0500 (CDT)
> 
> Received: from smtp0-alterdial.uu.net (smtp0-alterdial.UU.NET [192.48.96.28])
> 	by mail.HiWAAY.net (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id AAA16714
> 	for <dkelly@hiwaay.net>; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 00:26:19 -0500 (CDT)
> Received: from anonymous by smtp0-alterdial.uu.net with SMTP
> 	(peer crosschecked as: 146.san-francisco-12.ca.dial-access.att.net [12.64.126.146])
> 	id QQevrh28561; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 05:24:42 GMT
> 
> 
> --
> David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net
> =====================================================================
> The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its
> capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.
> 
> 


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