Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 16:59:16 +0200 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: Mike Harding <mvh@ix.netcom.com>, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: blackmail attempt? Stable mailing list block? Message-ID: <200304261659.16255.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20030426142745.14E165312@netcom1.netcom.com> References: <20030426142745.14E165312@netcom1.netcom.com>
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On Sat, 26 Apr 2003 16:27, Mike Harding wrote: > "If you would like a site be added or removed from BlarsBL, you may hire > Blars at his normal consulting rates (currently $250/hour, 2 hour > minimum, $1000 deposit due in advance for non-established customers) > to investigate your evidence about the site. If it is found that the > entry was a mistake, no charge will be made and the entire deposit > will be refunded. Send Blars email from a non-listed account to verify > current rates and arrange payment." > > (Further research indicates that blars may be legit, but this is kind > of sleazy) Yeouch! Pretty slimy :( > The 'rejection' text appears as follows: > > Your message with the subject & > "'last' working OK for everybody on 4-STABLE?" addressed to > "stable@freebsd.org" <stable@freebsd.org> was rejected by a open relay > due to smtp server is listed at block.blars.org smtp server is listed > at blackholes.five-ten-sg.com smtp server is listed at xbl.selwerd.cx I got this too when I sent a message about firewire. I tried sending via my work and home systems using an ssh tunnel, but both produced this response. I am very confident both systems are not open relays too.. -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 9A8C 569F 685A D928 5140 AE4B 319B 41F4 5D17 FDD5
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