On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 07:17:12PM -0000, John Levine wrote: > >I suspect either it's just a mistake, or stuff that actually > >used that domain in a URL (as opposed to just a random string > >in a message)q has been really spammy. > > I asked. There really is a domain master.cf, and it really is > used in URLs in a lot of spam. > > Solution: don't look up strings in the DBL that aren't host > names in URLs.
But it's often converted to an URL! Gmail's webmail, for one very commonly seen example, converts the filename "master.cf" into an HTTP link. Haha, that will teach them not to post HTML to mailing lists! :) (Well, no, it won't teach anybody anything, but we can all have a laugh about it. :) ) -- http://rob0.nodns4.us/ -- system administration and consulting Offlist GMX mail is seen only if "/dev/rob0" is in the Subject:
