[nylug-talk] [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Re: Attack on the NYLXS Server

[Ron Guerin]

i can't see headers on my mobile, but i can't see how that message is anything more than a nuisance to be ignored. i've seen this done before, it's quite common, and succeeds at getting on people's nerves when the list in queston has an inattentive owner.

- Ron

> ------- Original Message -------
> From: Paul Robert Marino <prmarino1 at gmail.com>
> To: hangout at mrbrklyn.com, NYLUG Technical Discussion <nylug-talk at nylug.org>
> Sent: 4/28/08, 5:39:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Re: [nylug-talk] Attack on the NYLXS Server
> 
> Actualy look at the original source server its not from thinkgeek.
> This is probably a fishing expidition.
> On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 4:10 am, Ron Guerin wrote:
> > Ruben Safir wrote:
> >> I've been stiring the paid trolls on usenet in comp.os.linux.advocacy 
> >> pretty goof and now we
> >> are suddenly seeing messages like this coming across the mail server.
> >> I'm wondering what you guys think, if this is an overt hacking attempt 
> >> of our systems.
> >
> > If it's anything, it's an attempt to be a nuisance by getting a bot at 
> > ThinkGeek subscribed to your list, which would then continually reply 
> > to every message it received with an autoresponse until you removed the 
> > address from your list.
> >
> > - Ron
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