From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Oct 25 18:31:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA06202 for chat-outgoing; Sat, 25 Oct 1997 18:31:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA06195 for ; Sat, 25 Oct 1997 18:31:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id MAA29937; Sun, 26 Oct 1997 12:01:11 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19971026120109.01078@lemis.com> Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 12:01:09 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Mike Smith Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel really screwing it up... 8) References: <199710231638.CAA01259@word.smith.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <199710231638.CAA01259@word.smith.net.au>; from Mike Smith on Fri, Oct 24, 1997 at 02:08:51AM +0930 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Fight-Spam-Now: http://www.cauce.org Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, Oct 24, 1997 at 02:08:51AM +0930, Mike Smith wrote: > > Those of you who are following the current mini-saga with Intel will > find the latest installment quite in keeping with the high standard set > so far. > > A moderately discreet little piece of spam wandered in a few minutes > ago: > > ------- Forwarded Message > > From: i21@surveyweb.com > Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 09:26:43 -0700 > Message-Id: <199710231626.JAA16723@surveyweb.com> > To: mike@smith.net.au > Subject: Regarding your recent contact with Intel's electronic support > > > Dear Intel Customer: > ... > The survey should take about 10 minutes and is located at the > following Web site: > > http://intel_tech.surveyweb.com > > To start the survey, enter the following information exactly as it > appears here: > > Your email address is: mike@smith.net.au > Your survey password is: xxxxx > > ------- End of Forwarded Message > > But lo, what do we have here? An *underscore* in this high-tech survey > company's hostname. Whacko, looks like Intel are indeed keeping their > standards up. Yup, lots of people still have incorrect DNS configs. Remember that FreeBSD is one of the few which complains about underscores. Lots of other people have NS and MX records that point to CNAMEs, for example. > OK, let's be professional. Start by trying 'www.surveyweb.com', after > all, they must have at least a mailto to handle their users. > > The contents of http://www.surveyweb.com/ : > > > > > title > > > > >

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> > > It's changed since you looked. But you can find the address of intel_tech.surveyweb.com with nslookup--it's an A record. I took a look, and there *is* something like a survey there. You need your survey password (see above), so if I were you I'd answer it and add an appropriate comment about their choice of system name. Greg