Re: [mailop] How to detect fraud login in POP IMAP or SMTP?

2021-09-23 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2021-09-23 11:25 a.m., Robert L Mathews via mailop wrote: Or "This message is verified as being from gmail.com, but there's no previous message fromevild...@gmail.com in your mailbox." For the record, the scammers are trickier than that, they take an old thread from the compromised account

Re: [mailop] Got any users in Texas? Better turn off your spam filters by Dec 2

2021-09-23 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
This thread will probably be a rehash of the many conversations had on this topic, but the laws always protect the rights on who you open your door to, and who you decide to let cross the thresh hold... It's just really sad, that instead of going after malicious dangerous offenders we keep bri

Re: [mailop] Got any users in Texas? Better turn off your spam filters by Dec 2

2021-09-23 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2021-09-23 10:26 p.m., Jay Hennigan via mailop wrote: On 9/23/21 19:45, John Levine via mailop wrote: A bizarre new Texas law makes most spam filtering illegal, effective Dec 2:   “An electronic mail service provider may not intentionally impede the transmission of another person’s electro

Re: [mailop] Whoisand GDPR - was Re: Got any users in Texas? Better turn off your spam filters by Dec 2

2021-09-27 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
It really isn't GDPR that ruined the ability to use 'whois' for transparency, it is the lazy hosting companies (or those that like renting IP(s) to miscreants that search for anonymous places to perform their actions) that are at fault. Yes, an individual probably SHOULD be able to opt out fro

[mailop] MailGun Chuckle..

2021-09-27 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Loved this one.. Return-Path: Received: (qmail 45279 invoked from network); 21 Sep 2021 19:51:34 - Received: from notifications-01.mailgun.com (HELO notifications-01.mailgun.com) (192.237.158.61) Too bad the spammer wasted this opportunity on sending a poorly written beneficiary spam.

Re: [mailop] Feasibility of a private DNSBL

2021-10-04 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
This is a standard feature of RBLDNSD, we use it all the time. You can use the ACL either to refuse, ignore, or accept from IP Ranges. But of course, re-inventing the wheel, when there are so many good RBL's out there (including our own ;) not sure what your differentiator would be. You can

Re: [mailop] Google should be burnt or blown up (was: Gmail putting messages to spam)

2021-10-04 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2021-10-04 1:46 p.m., Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop wrote: Dnia 20.09.2021 o godz. 14:17:27 Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop pisze: I want to return to an old issue, which repeatedly happens again and again, that is, Google putting emails from me to recipient's spam folder. Well, this is getting more an

Re: [mailop] IPv6 (plus PRE thanksgiving state of the union)

2021-10-07 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2021-10-07 1:11 p.m., Simon Arlott via mailop wrote: On 06/10/2021 02:15, Brandon Long via mailop wrote: Generally speaking, outside of the obvious differences, most of our spam rules are agnostic to IPv4/IPv6. The frustrating problem with Google's treatment of IPv6 is that the "must have r

Re: [mailop] Weird delays for email forwarded to Gmail

2021-10-12 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2021-10-12 12:04 p.m., Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop wrote: Dnia 12.10.2021 o godz. 13:18:12 Jarland Donnell via mailop pisze: Strong agreement here. Despite SRS I still think forwarding is one of the major road blocks to progress with email systems. No, it's the opposite. Things like SPF et al.

Re: [mailop] Weird delays for email forwarded to Gmail

2021-10-12 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2021-10-12 12:59 p.m., Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop wrote: Dnia 12.10.2021 o godz. 14:30:53 Jarland Donnell via mailop pisze: Well, to be truthful, what harms forwarding is mostly out of my control. To be frank, Google harms forwarding. [...] right back to the problem that infuriates the random

[mailop] Some One on the list got an OpenExchange sysadmin (corporate) on speed dial..

2021-10-12 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Seems someone/something got caught with not using a SpamHaus RBL correctly.. Remote host 87.191.57.186 does not like recipient @open-xchange.com Remote host said: 554 5.7.1 Service unavailable; Client host [redactted] blocked using sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org; Error: open resolver; https://www.spam

[mailop] Anyone on GroupOn on the mailing list? Checking out TLS errors..

2021-10-13 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Seems that all the connections are triggering a TLS error.. (And of course, a handshake failure/disconnect) Seems specific to them, and one other example.. (CONN: 199.91.53.78 -> 25 GeoIP = [US] PTR = mta78s2.r.livingsocial.com) All the rest are GroupOn CONN: 50.115.222.111 -> 25 GeoIP = [US]

Re: [mailop] IMAP and SMTP in the same or separated IPs?

2021-10-15 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Put everything under mail.yourdomain.com Unless you have some strange firewall rule requirements, there is no real technical advantage, and some real technical disadvantages.. (including paying for multiple certs) When you get big enough to worry about how to spread out loads, invest in a lo

Re: [mailop] comcast.net announcement

2021-10-19 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Alex, You would do the world a favour, if you either SWIP'ed (or added it to your 'rwhois' server) that these IP(s) are part of your infrastructure... and different from the rest of this range.. NetRange: 96.64.0.0 - 96.124.255.255 CIDR: 96.64.0.0/11, 96.96.0.0/12, 96.120.0.0/

Re: [mailop] Sendgrid spam of the day (John R Levine)

2021-10-20 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
For the record, it was and still is SendGrid that can't seem to get a handle on compromised accounts, used for phishing, but after the long success with that platform, other ESP's are being targeted as well. Eg... Received: from o53.p38.mailjet.com (HELO o53.p38.mailjet.com) (185.250.237.53)

Re: [mailop] Locally hosted anti-spam solution recommendations?

2021-10-20 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Hey Ken, Can't believe you didn't include 'MagicMail' in that list of on-premise email servers ;) Since it has built in spam-protection, no need for another filtering device in front. Frankly, spam protection belongs 'in' the email server, IMHO.. -- Michael -- PS, may be time to p

Re: [mailop] WhatCounts/Costco silliness

2021-10-27 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Not to be a 'nitpicker', but isn't visiting a URL providing a lot more information that just the email address opt-out preferences ;) Course, even worse are those companies that have an opt-out link that then asks for your email address ;) Doh! On 2021-10-27 9:31 a.m., Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.

Re: [mailop] cloudapp.azure.com spamming again

2021-11-01 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
This has been ongoing for several months now.. RATS-AZURE might be your friend, but we combine that with other checks to auto detect spammers from Azure.. Are the ones you seeing the NOPTR ones? Or the ones like this.. 20.113.36.155 1 rfsvznma9.sabadosprimedevida.org 20

Re: [mailop] cloudapp.azure.com spamming again

2021-11-01 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
lps in the mean time, or you can reach out to SpamRats team directly.. On 2021-11-01 3:46 p.m., Slavko via mailop wrote: Dňa 1. novembra 2021 21:40:50 UTC používateľ Michael Peddemors via mailop napísal: RATS-AZURE might be your friend, but we combine that with other checks to auto detect spa

Re: [mailop] cloudapp.azure.com spamming again

2021-11-02 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
CTED From: =?UTF-8?B?Q29uZ3JhdHVsYXRpb25zIQ==?= Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: =?UTF-8?B?WW91IGhhdmUgYmVlbiBjaG9zZW4gdG8gcGFydGljaXBhdGUgaW4gb3VyIExveWFsdHkgUHJvZ3JhbSBmb3IgRlJFRSEg?= Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 On 2021-11-02 6:05 a.m., Slavko via mailop wrote: Dňa 1. nov

Re: [mailop] Feasibility of a private DNSBL

2021-11-04 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2021-11-04 7:07 a.m., Larry M. Smith via mailop wrote: On 11/3/2021, Nicolas JEAN via mailop wrote: On 15/10/2021 23:22, Paul Gregg via mailop wrote: (snip) Sorry for the late reply. The trick to this is not to limit by IP address - but to implement service (API) keys. e.g. each authorise

Re: [mailop] Feasibility of a private DNSBL

2021-11-10 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2021-11-10 11:47 a.m., Rob McEwen via mailop wrote: The only issue here is that, for every user/customer that needs a unique key, an entirely different set of data has to be loaded into memory on the server. That's a huge limitation. It doesn't "scale". Therefore, for invaluement, in our new

Re: [mailop] 0spam.org DNSBL SERVFAIL

2021-11-12 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
No matter WHAT rbl you choose (no pitching ;) make sure you are aware of WHAT dns servers you are using. If you check mxtoolbox or hetrixtools, and see an IP listed, but you don't see it listed in your queries, or blocked/flagged by the chosen RBL, it is most likely a DNS problem. Many open

Re: [mailop] Is there any analysis on root causes of mail account break-ins?

2021-11-17 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Yes, people do research these things.. (Which reminds me, I do have to finish that blog post on Best Practices for ISP's and Telco's) Fortunately, we not only provide email servers, but we have a threat division as well, so we take a lot of time to look into these issues. I will send you a d

Re: [mailop] EMOTET alive again.. (was) Is there any analysis on root causes of mail account break-ins?

2021-11-17 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
s are on the typical suspect networks.. On 2021-11-17 7:18 a.m., Michael Peddemors via mailop wrote: Yes, people do research these things.. (Which reminds me, I do have to finish that blog post on Best Practices for ISP's and Telco's) Fortunately, we not only provide email servers,

Re: [mailop] Google DNS Quad 8 Outage tonight (Grant Taylor)

2021-11-22 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Operating a DNS server is so easy, and latency is such a tiny bit of overhead, with proper caching, would someone explain why they would use (share) a 3rd party DNS server at all? oh.. grr.. this is kind of off topic to the list, but DNS lookups are critical to email infrastructure, not sure i

Re: [mailop] Google DNS Quad 8 Outage tonight (Grant Taylor)

2021-11-22 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2021-11-22 10:26 a.m., Grant Taylor via mailop wrote: I've long wondered about malicious ISPs intercepting ~> hijacking outbound DNS queries Yeah, yeah, that was what all the DoH proponents *cough* (Google/CloudFlare) kept trying to scare everyone with, but love to hear about those 'malici

Re: [mailop] New Tucows / OpenSRS Hosted Email outbound IP addresses

2021-11-23 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
http://hostedemail.com/ Cannot be reached, best practices says a URL should be associated with that, maybe set up a redirect to your corporate web page, where contact information can be found? If you REALLY want to 'white label', you still should be transparent with contact information.. J

Re: [mailop] New Tucows / OpenSRS Hosted Email outbound IP addresses

2021-11-23 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Oh, and forgot to mention.. Might consider SWIP or 'rwhois' entries to show these networks are for Tucows email servers, and not part of the other networks that may have different use cases.. eg. NetRange: 64.98.0.0 - 64.99.255.255 CIDR: 64.98.0.0/15 NetName:TUCOWS-BL

[mailop] Anyone else notice that MS Hotmail/o365 might not be following RFC?

2021-11-24 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
CONN: 40.107.96.87 -> 25 GeoIP = [US] PTR = mail-sn1anam02on2087.outbound.protection.outlook.com OS = Windows NT kernel Returning 250 ok [qp 3539411] for data QUIT command received, args: And then it terminates the connection, SSL collapses, without waiting for the remote mail server to acknow

Re: [mailop] spamhaus blocking Linode IPv6 (2a01: 7e01)

2021-11-26 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2021-11-26 2:24 a.m., Hetzner Blacklist via mailop wrote: I manually check those lists every other day, and then use our abuse system to send notifications to the respective clients. Hosters who have implemented the API can do so automatically. The obvious question, given that you manually

Re: [mailop] spamhaus blocking Linode IPv6 (2a01: 7e01)

2021-11-26 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2021-11-26 1:25 a.m., Mary via mailop wrote: Thinking out loud... Yes Mary.. in a perfect world.. but.. Would it be possible for the two sides (blocklists and a cloud/hosting providers) to come together and have some kind of automated notification? Sample automated conversation via JSO

[mailop] Speaking of Linode (thread topic changed)

2021-11-26 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Maybe someone from Linode can comment on this.. Here is a typical spam outbreak from Linode.. Usually these are trapped/tagged because the default PTR is still in place, so doesn't cause enough problems to report, but they do happen occasionally in spurts. Since several times it has been men

Re: [mailop] Speaking of Linode (thread topic changed)

2021-11-26 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
tion" really on topic for this mailing list? Isn't there some other list like SPAM-L or something that might be more suited to that type of conversation? On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 1:05 PM Michael Peddemors via mailop mailto:mailop@mailop.org>> wrote: Maybe someone from Lino

Re: [mailop] Anyone else notice that MS Hotmail/o365 might not be following RFC?

2021-11-29 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2021-11-29 6:57 a.m., Larry M. Smith via mailop wrote: On 11/24/2021, Michael Peddemors via mailop wrote: CONN: 40.107.96.87 -> 25 GeoIP = [US] PTR = mail-sn1anam02on2087.outbound.protection.outlook.com OS = Windows NT kernel Returning 250 ok [qp 3539411] for data QUIT command recei

Re: [mailop] Anyone else notice that MS Hotmail/o365 might not be following RFC?

2021-11-29 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2021-11-29 3:20 p.m., Bill Cole via mailop wrote: On 2021-11-29 at 16:57:54 UTC-0500 (Mon, 29 Nov 2021 13:57:54 -0800) Michael Peddemors via mailop is rumored to have said: On 2021-11-29 6:57 a.m., Larry M. Smith via mailop wrote: On 11/24/2021, Michael Peddemors via mailop wrote: CONN

[mailop] Anyone from MailJet on list?

2021-12-01 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Please reach out to me off list, want to report some connection oddities, possibly affecting your mailings.. -- "Catch the Magic of Linux..." Michael Peddemors, President/CEO LinuxMagic Inc. Visit us at http://www.linuxmagi

[mailop] Mid-Week State of the Union Email - Observations from the Pit

2021-12-01 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Hi All, I normally do this by-weekly on Fridays, but with year end I have been slipping, and plan on making it a short week this week, so thought I would send this out early.. BTW, Anyone know if SendInBlue is also using some Digital Ocean space? Seems like an active spammer over there uses

Re: [mailop] Is outlook.com blocking all Linode IPv4 space?

2021-12-06 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
In general, Linode is not a bad place.. However, you should ask them to provide you 'rwhois' for your IP Address. Most of the bad IP(s) are compromised servers, you might have just got the bad luck of the draw. But frankly.. what are you planning to do with it? http://grinta.net/ PS, turn o

Re: [mailop] Massive phishing email outbreak with sender: .*.cloudwaysapps.com

2021-12-14 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
That appeared to have started before the log4 notification... At least it is easy to flag/stop ;) AS far as 'phishing' goes, Digital Ocean still is the worst.. but more and more from various cloud providers.. Poor take down practices attract miscreants.. but the cloud apps one is more likely c

Re: [mailop] Roundcube client IPs → dovecot, postfix

2021-12-28 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Hi Nicolas, The problem isn't 'technical', but rather political. There are those out there that believe by including the originating IP Address, you are exposing PPI (Private Personal Information) by including the IP Address. Of course, I personally think this is baloney, as the email operat

Re: [mailop] blocked by microsoft -- support procedure?

2022-01-11 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2022-01-11 11:04 a.m., Mark G Thomas via mailop wrote: Here's an example from one ticket, however I'm more looking for whether there is anything I can do to facilitate improving this overall, then starting trying to intervene about (many!) specific tickets and IPs. I would be happy to help wit

Re: [mailop] blocked by microsoft -- support procedure?

2022-01-11 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2022-01-11 12:32 p.m., Mark G Thomas via mailop wrote: Hi, On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 11:21:47AM -0800, Michael Peddemors via mailop wrote: On 2022-01-11 11:04 a.m., Mark G Thomas via mailop wrote: Here's an example from one ticket, however I'm more looking for whether there is anyt

Re: [mailop] What am I supposed to do with abuse complaints on legit mail?

2022-01-17 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2022-01-17 8:40 a.m., Scott Mutter via mailop wrote: At the same time, I understand why Mailops preaches that they send abuse reports to the owner of the IP address - which, again, may be several company levels up from the individual that actually has root to the server and can take more imm

[mailop] [SUBJECT CHANGE] Feedback loops

2022-01-17 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Yeah, maybe we should close down this thread, simply because it is a high volume thread among only a few list members, and been going on a while... For the record, for our shared mail platform that we operate for smaller ISP's and Telco's, we don't get a lot of traffic to our posted abuse add

[mailop] And just after I spoke up for Linode being not bad ;)

2022-01-18 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Serious? : host aspmx.l.google.com[2607:f8b0:4023:c0b::1a] said: 550-5.2.1 The user you are trying to contact is receiving mail at a rate that 550-5.2.1 prevents additional messages from being delivered. For more 550-5.2.1 information, please visit 550 5.2.1 https://support.goo

[mailop] Just because Linode is the topic de jouer..

2022-01-19 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Ten minutes of free time got me trolling my spam folder, and saw this interesting spam message.. and found the headers really interesting. Might explain a small uptick in spam from Linode servers.. "THIS IS A TEST EMAIL ONLY. This email was sent by the author for the sole purpose of testing a

Re: [mailop] Just because Linode is the topic de jouer..

2022-01-19 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
you want to keep the noise down) On 2022-01-19 5:57 p.m., Mark G Thomas via mailop wrote: Hi Michael, On 1/19/22 7:23 PM, Michael Peddemors via mailop wrote: Ten minutes of free time got me trolling my spam folder, and saw this interesting spam message.. and found the headers really interesting

Re: [mailop] Anyone from United Airlines ?

2022-01-20 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
For the record, in practice it is TOO limiting to expect both forward and reverse match, and especially if your system doesn't look at multiple records correctly, eg ANY A <> ANY PTR should be enough. But expect a lot of false positives if trying to get them to match in any case. As long as t

Re: [mailop] MagicMail / MIPSpace Listing

2022-01-30 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Any time you see a /24 in any reputation service, it probably isn't you, it's your provider.. looking through that range there are some questionable host names, and some brazilian marketers, etc.. Which is why you should insist you get 'rwhois' listing from your hosting providers, so it clearl

[mailop] Could a RoadRunner rep contact off list?

2022-01-31 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
There is an interesting botnet generating a very specific threat traffic, but 99% of it appears to be from compromised servers. Just got a strange case leaking from RoadRunner MTA's, that would like to discuss, it might help them find some compromised accounts. -- "Catch the Magic of Linux...

[mailop] Mid-Week state of the Union, spam, threats and observations from the trenches.

2022-02-02 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Just a friendly mid week report on the state of spam and threats our auditors are seeing.. Still seeing a couple of actors using Digital Ocean.. Actor 1) 143.110.147.238 2 vps1.geniusys.org 143.198.135.159 (M) 2 vps1.ok4ya.com 147.182.200.110 (M)

Re: [mailop] Anyone heard of this network? Looks like a spear phishing operation?

2022-02-03 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
As someone else already pointed out.. Your 'rwhois' could use updating. Currently it suggest ab...@heficed.com, but there is no abuse contact field in the standard fields. 'Within' your IP Space, could you be clearer on your IP space? And the phone number is in Lithunia. Transparency is key

[mailop] Any one with contacts at DocuSign?

2022-02-16 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Feb 16 09:05:20 be msd[1435199]: EHLO command received after STARTTLS, args: mailta.tk.docusign.dev Feb 16 09:05:20 be msd[1435199]: MAIL command received, args: FROM: SIZE=8804 Feb 16 09:05:20 be msd[1435199]: MAIL FROM address: [dse_t...@tkmail.docusign.dev] Feb 16 09:05:20 be msd[1435199]: CO

Re: [mailop] [E] What the f**k, Google?

2022-03-02 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Add just the headers from a single abuse email here on the thread.. sanitize as needed.. seems that they of course can only use part of the information as a forgery (eg SendGrid headers) I think this is an attack vector that was seen back even a few months ago, however that type of an attack q

Re: [mailop] [E] What the f**k, Google?

2022-03-02 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
DLl+Q29zeCVlHp9jSG2xlNUkQz/KX4O3yiYOrYCD0qtNO491F2cmq2qsMSgSqqPwbXoiCNEegG8FoiwLeBMcbdCqTQZb/S/gk13BhEIHFfu9tng3n70tLqNwfsVF3aVWc7xsaOw0fFkfJ0GoDoZ876w7cyU5joVw0tikCjABXwRBA== X-SG-ID: N2C25iY2uzGMFz6rgvQsb8raWjw0ZPf1VmjsCkspi/LP5qbstBs+tNXeqRqWNMElXL97lzut3o+IPcAkA9CcXv8yKhwJejT9wnW1jUPmsdJ8/FV6Ck4y

[mailop] Anyone want to have fun?

2022-03-03 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
whois emailsvr.net No match for domain "EMAILSVR.NET" Time to register a domain? CONN: 34.194.188.63 -> 25 GeoIP = [US] PTR = otransport-22.outbound.emailsrv.net And who would put a professional service on an AWS IP with no SWIP/rwhois? -- "Catch the Magic of Linux..." --

[mailop] o365/Hotmail weird case.. no PTR..

2022-03-03 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Seeing strange connections that 'look' like they might be honest Microsoft servers, but not usual.. Maybe something broke? CONN: 52.96.178.229 -> 25 GeoIP = [US] PTR = NXDOMAIN EHLO command received, args: MW4PR15MB4635.namprd15.prod.outlook.com Simply connects, then disconnects.. Mr Wise?

Re: [mailop] USPS mailing

2022-03-04 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
> Links: >> -- >> [1] http://email-special.usps.com/ That isn't responding, yes maybe we can ask more details be posted to the list? On 2022-03-04 11:55 a.m., Jarland Donnell via mailop wrote: Do you know if email-special.usps.com will be part of the envelope sender or just the From heade

Re: [mailop] Mass of Spam from Linode Networks associated with wewe.global

2022-03-07 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Once again, an excellent example of a use case, where giving customers a 'rwhois' or SWIP entry, would result in only that customer being affected, and not the whole network. However, since the mail-op channel is not the right place to talk spamming examples, will refrain from asking for one,

Re: [mailop] New IP Addresses - Warm up period

2022-03-10 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Before you do, you should be forewarned of an increase in various attacks, including email attacks from broad segments of Azure IP Space. Insist on getting SWIP for these ranges from Microsoft Azure before proceeding. Otherwise you WILL be impacted by others on the Azure network. NetRange:

[mailop] Another case (Appian) that makes you wonder where the email experts have gone..

2022-03-16 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
[US] PTR = smtp-us-gov-east-1b.appiancloud.com FROM: Some engineer woke up one morning, and decided .. 'Hey, let's just fire up a new domain and use that..' http://appiancloud.com = 404 Nothing in the whois, and the IP gives no indication of the owner, it's on AWS.. So, these obviously imp

[mailop] Pretty convincing ICANN renewal notice making the rounds..

2022-03-21 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Authenticated from FastHosts.. Source: Received: from mail.renam.md (HELO mail.renam.md) (81.180.84.189) -- "Catch the Magic of Linux..." Michael Peddemors, President/CEO LinuxMagic Inc. Visit us at http://www.linuxmagic.

Re: [mailop] Pretty convincing ICANN renewal notice making the rounds..

2022-03-21 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2022-03-21 11:43, Sebastian Nielsen via mailop wrote: But if Microsoft got fined for every phishing email that escaped This would QUICKLY kill every free email service, and every email service would become pay-only, to cope with the fines. Propably with obligation-to-pay contracts too, s

Re: [mailop] AT&T blocking IP addresses

2022-03-28 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
And once again.. NetRange: 52.145.0.0 - 52.191.255.255 CIDR: 52.152.0.0/13, 52.146.0.0/15, 52.145.0.0/16, 52.148.0.0/14, 52.160.0.0/11 NetName:MSFT NetHandle: NET-52-145-0-0-1 Parent: NET52 (NET-52-0-0-0-0) NetType:Direct Allocation OriginAS: Organiz

Re: [mailop] [E] Traffic patterns related to Russian-Ukranian conflict

2022-03-30 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Can always be discussed here.. Some small observations.. * Detected Malware Spam from Ukranian servers (minor) * Detected Pro Ukraine Mailings (legit and people taking advantage) * Increase in BotNet traffic, Brazil is REALLY bad. * Increase in compromised email phishing * Increase in Cloud Phis

Re: [mailop] AT&T blocking IP addresses

2022-03-30 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
rsapps.net, anyone? I think we may have to agree to disagree on the requirements to run/operate a mail server. YMMV. -Original Message- From: mailop On Behalf Of Michael Peddemors via mailop Sent

[mailop] Amazon, what every happened to trace headers?

2022-03-30 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Since I am on a rant about transparency, Amazon spammers continue to increase.. and now there is NO trace headers at all.. makes it look like an OS generated (compromised server?) email. A 'sendy.co' generated mailing list, it MUST have come from somewhere correct? No Message-ID generated, no

[mailop] [INFORMATIONAL] State of the Union from the spam auditor desk.

2022-04-06 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Not enough time in the day anymore.. Haven't posted one of these in a little while, so a rare midweek post. Patterns we are seeing this week: * High Gmail spam leakage numbers (couple new techniques) * SendGrid very bad still, eg Canada Post phishing et al - MailGun? "My name is Alexei Navaln

Re: [mailop] Best mailbox provider for personal domain?

2022-04-08 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
FYI, I would NOT be recommending Digital Ocean for email servers.. given their current reputation. However, you can find many good hosting companies that offer a server for $5/month. I think that is still the lowest tier at Linode for instance. On 2022-04-08 09:00, Luis E. Muñoz via mailop wro

[mailop] Wow! Nice grab of IP space by Inteliquent..

2022-04-12 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
NetRange: 206.144.0.0 - 206.147.255.255 CIDR: 206.144.0.0/14 NetName:ONVOY-206-144-0-0-14 NetHandle: NET-206-144-0-0-1 Parent: NET206 (NET-206-0-0-0-0) NetType:Direct Allocation OriginAS: Organization: Inteliquent, inc. (NTAJC) RegDate:1995-10

[mailop] Exact Target (Pardot) unsubscribe link is insecure..

2022-04-13 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Return-Path: Click on the unsubscribe link, and it goes to an insecure pardot page. -- "Catch the Magic of Linux..." Michael Peddemors, President/CEO LinuxMagic Inc. Visit us at http://www.linuxmagic.com @linuxmagic A Wiz

Re: [mailop] $GOOG

2022-04-13 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2022-04-13 14:43, Paul Vixie via mailop wrote: it's troubling me that in a recent thread asking where to host mailboxes, google was recommended several times, in spite of the fact that google is provably wrong and provably non-transarent in how they decide what inbound e-mail to reject. of

Re: [mailop] Fwd: RFC 9228 on Delivered-To Email Header Field

2022-04-14 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Thanks for the contribution.. One thing that isn't addressed in that Dave, is cases where the Delivered To address exists, and the message is routed back out the internet,. Still seeing cases in the wild where the Delivered To is added, but it isn't really the transfer of responsibility, but

Re: [mailop] FYI - Google/Gmail hard enforcing SPF presence

2022-04-19 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
And we also see that they have not yet 'hard enforced', but it looks like some trigger on a domain results in requiring SPF for that domain. Of course, we don't expect Google to reveal their secrets, but we can assume things like new IP(s), new domains, sudden traffic surges, or customers clic

Re: [mailop] FYI - Google/Gmail hard enforcing SPF presence

2022-04-19 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2022-04-19 09:17, Scott Mutter via mailop wrote: It depends on what Google mail server you are sending to.  Some require SPF, some don't. I think you hit the nail on the head. If processed by normal Gmail servers, probably doesn't enforce SPF.. if the domain/ip have had a reputation probl

[mailop] SendGrid, what happens when you don't address the root problem (Indeed Phishing)

2022-04-19 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
You think we would be done with SendGrid conversations two years ago.. Was just reading on Twitter how Indeed is the most 'phished' brand now, and was just thinking .. strange, we never see that.. And two hours later, a phishing attempt from a SendGrid IP hit the spam folder... Return-Path:

Re: [mailop] WTaF? I just got spammed BY Active Campaign

2022-04-26 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Hope you clicked 'Block Sender' ;) On 2022-04-26 14:30, Anne Mitchell via mailop wrote: WTaF?? (Excuse the unladylike acronym.) I just got spammed BY Active Campaign. Not _through_ Active Campaign, *by* Active Campaign. For their services. Anyone else? So far as I'm concerned, when an ESP tr

[mailop] Verizon vtext service, not including a Content-Disposition header on images?

2022-05-05 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Just reported, thought I would post here.. "We've recently come across an issue whereby Verizon's vtext service was sending MMS/images to user emails without a 'Content-Disposition' header. " Now, curious as to people's perspective on the requirement to use that header.. some email clients will

Re: [mailop] Internet Research Project on Linode - Any Experience?

2022-05-06 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Of course, most Internet probing systems SHOULD have full transparency, and of course not probe any IPs at abnormal or high rates without considering the destination. My opinion, if they aren't transparent with their dealings, including PTR's, URLs', User Agents, HELO, and of course 'rwhois',

[mailop] Havent' had to ask this in a loooong time.. SpamHaus..

2022-05-16 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Could someone from SpamHaus reach out to me offlist? Ticket already opened, but it's been 72 hours.. Asking for an ISP client.. either the removal process over there has become much harder, or different people handling the removal tickets.. -- "Catch the Magic of Linux..." -

Re: [mailop] Forum/Blog spam turned up to 11

2022-05-27 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Hey Ken, Are these contact info spammers using DSL Home style connections, or VPN's.. different actors are using different methods of course. "Eric Jones" still leads the pack in automated methods, while a couple of other players use bots, and a couple of others appear to be 'human' aided.

Re: [mailop] Any reason to NOT block the entire .cam domain?

2022-05-27 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
This week saw a comeback of that operator, using new networks. They have been on our reputation lists for a bit.. Also have detection systems that detect the sending patterns, for this one.. Don't have the actual detection algorithms, but can share them off list if you want. That 131 range

Re: [mailop] *LIKELY SPAM 27.9* Re: Any reason to NOT block the entire .cam domain?

2022-05-27 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
For the record, yes.. place the blame where it should be, on the network operator that allows it.. and Grant's suggestion is the better method if you can implement... Use 'detection' to find the bad guys, either by IP or ASN, insert those into a a reputation list, even if it is only your own..

[mailop] Talking DOXING of spammers on this mailing list..

2022-06-01 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Kudos to Michael Rathbun for putting the bug in my ear again.. Sorry, been under the weather last couple of weeks, with a rare blood infection.. so much fun, but back in the saddle again, so that's why you haven't heard much from me.. In leiu of my bi-weekly state of the union (spam threats)

Re: [mailop] Leaseweb

2022-06-07 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
+1 And they don't offer 'rwhois' to their customers, so the few honest guys on their networks are painted with the same brush.. And rather than bothering to worry about their reputation, they just tell their customers they have to use their outbound filtering services to send email where bla

Re: [mailop] gmail changes today?

2022-06-09 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Yeah, when legit operators have to obfuscate their URL's, you know something isn't working right.. We saw something similar, we send monthly payment receipts with a URL for the customer to update their information, and maybe because of volume, pretty soon anything with a URL pointing to that d

[mailop] Curious, any one seeing fake SpamCop reports over the weekend?

2022-06-13 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Real strange, fake abuse addresses.. ab...@singlehop.com abuset...@veeble.org Spamcop links are to 404.. Just not sure how the content can be malicous, maybe it is just a broken system over the weekend? Reporting one of our addresses as the authenticated address, but shows it coming from a

Re: [mailop] Curious, any one seeing fake SpamCop reports over the weekend?

2022-06-13 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
addresses with different subjects for a few week.  Usually has a attachment, I suspect trying to spread itself. And the report numbers in the links are so old I can't even look up when they were sent or to who. We only hang on for 90 days. Richard On 2022-06-13 9:10 a.m., Michael Peddemors v

Re: [mailop] OVH contact required - 54.38.34.203 - vps-28239cc9.vps.ovh.net

2022-06-15 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Yes, in general, despite comments to this mailing list, OVH responses to spam/threats from their IP space is sorely lacking, still to this date. Still seeing incredible volumes of compromised servers, snowshoe spammers, phishing attacks and C&C servers with very slow take downs. On 2022-06-

[mailop] [STATE OF THE UNON] Update from the Spam Auditing reports..

2022-06-15 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Haven't been keeping up on these, figured it is time to put one out, even though it isn't the end of the week... What have we been seeing the last couple of weeks.. * Gmail spam continues to be one of the biggest problems * New Russian Snowshow spammer volumes * Continuing Email

Re: [mailop] [ADDENDUM] Update from .. personal pet peeve

2022-06-15 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2022-06-15 12:50, Michael Peddemors via mailop wrote: Haven't been keeping up on these, figured it is time to put one out, even though it isn't the end of the week... (see attach) This one really bugs me Gmail, why should we have to filter these to protect out customers, as

[mailop] Hi Michael, hate to reach out so suddenly to ask for a favour..

2022-06-22 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
We just lit up a major customer on MagicMail, and we had to do it a little faster than we wnated, because of a hardware failure on their old system.. This is the main Telco for Qatar.. (Ooredoo) Unfortunately, with the fast go live, we didn't have a chance for a weak password cleanup, so had

Re: [mailop] Hi Michael, hate to reach out so suddenly to ask for a favour..

2022-06-22 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
have the tools to perform the cleanups.. On 2022-06-22 08:11, Michael Peddemors via mailop wrote: We just lit up a major customer on MagicMail, and we had to do it a little faster than we wnated, because of a hardware failure on their old system.. This is the main Telco for Qatar.. (Oo

Re: [mailop] Orange France: new IP range for emission

2022-06-27 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Remember to update SWIP/RWhois, PTR's and SPF before then of course.. inetnum:80.12.242.0 - 80.12.242.1 netname:MAIL-ESSENTIALS-FRANCE descr: Mail Essentials Project country:FR admin-c:TDMT1-RIPE tech-c: TDMT1-RIPE status: ASSIGNED PA remar

[mailop] Interesting question from a team member, MX chaining, list-manage.com

2022-06-30 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
I know this doesn't look professional, but the question from the team member does this contravene any rules or best practices. list-manage.com This domain does not have any A records. It has a single MX record pointed at: mail.admin.mailchimp.com That hostname exists, but it doesn't have an

Re: [mailop] Interesting question from a team member, MX chaining, list-manage.com

2022-06-30 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2022-06-30 14:00, Michael Peddemors via mailop wrote: I know this doesn't look professional, but the question from the team member does this contravene any rules or best practices. list-manage.com This domain does not have any A records. It has a single MX record point

[mailop] [OFFLIST] Re: Interesting question from a team member, MX chaining, list-manage.com

2022-06-30 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
o auto-add the IP(s) that are detected as sending Phishing like we do to SendGrid.. hehehe... On 2022-06-30 14:32, Bill Cole via mailop wrote: On 2022-06-30 at 17:00:50 UTC-0400 (Thu, 30 Jun 2022 14:00:50 -0700) Michael Peddemors via mailop is rumored to have said: I know this doesn't lo

Re: [mailop] [OFFLIST] Re: Interesting question from a team member, MX chaining, list-manage.com

2022-06-30 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
Doh! Sorry list..I should have left the office 30 minutes ago.. Sorry about the noise, and a personal opinion that should not have been posted to the list.. Sorry Bill, forgot to double check before hitting send.. On 2022-06-30 14:48, Michael Peddemors via mailop wrote: ;) Thanks Bill. Was

Re: [mailop] Moving email server to new IP

2022-07-07 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
On 2022-07-07 10:41, Nate Burke via mailop wrote: I've had a small multi-domain business mail server running on the same IP for the last 20 years, I need to change the IP from an address in a reassigned IP block, to my own ARIN block.  Is IP reputation still a big deal, or are anti-spam measure

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