Date: Sat, 3 May 1997 06:38:10 +1000 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au> To: jgrosch@sirius.com Cc: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SPAM target Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970503063444.251D-100000@panda.hilink.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199705021845.LAA06944@superior.mooseriver.com>
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On Fri, 2 May 1997, Josef Grosch wrote: > Terry Lambert said: > >Of course, if someone wanted to build a little program to connect to > >their smtp server and send an "RSET\r\n" every <configurable interval> > >to keep the smtp server process alive and it's pages in core... > > > >And then if a certain mailing list of someone's friends were made aware > >of the URL to pick up their copy of the program... > > > >And then if it's realized that Linux is a memory overcommit architecture... > > > >It seems to me that this hypothetical person would play hell with their > >ability to start spam sending processes. > > > >It seems to me. > > > > > > Terry, that is a diabolically clever idea! The nice thing is that it would only require a single SMTP connection from every conspirator. The thing *I'd* like to know is how to get Earthlink to stop allowing relay. I've e-mailed them the sendmail rules on how to do it, so they can't claim ignorance. Danny
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