Re: dissapointed >> dummy MX record

2005-05-26 Thread Ronan McGlue
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I added a dummy mx record (lowest preference) as we all know its generally the one th spammers target first, which is getting hit with about 50% of our daily connections, of which i defer all of them at a very low overhead. May I ask what kind of software/setti

Re: dissapointed >> dummy MX record

2005-05-25 Thread Tim Jackson
On Wed, 25 May 2005 16:13:45 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Jeff wrote: > >On Tuesday, May 24, 2005, 6:56:08 AM, Ronan McGlue wrote: > >> I added a dummy mx record (lowest preference) as we all know its > >> generally the one th spammers target first, which is getting hit > >> with about 50% of

Re: dissapointed >> dummy MX record

2005-05-25 Thread List Mail User
>... > >On Wednesday, May 25, 2005, 4:13:45 PM, lists lists wrote: >>>On Tuesday, May 24, 2005, 6:56:08 AM, Ronan McGlue wrote: I added a dummy mx record (lowest preference) as we all know its generally the one th spammers target first, which is getting hit with about 50% of our d

Re: dissapointed >> dummy MX record

2005-05-25 Thread Jeff Chan
On Wednesday, May 25, 2005, 4:13:45 PM, lists lists wrote: >>On Tuesday, May 24, 2005, 6:56:08 AM, Ronan McGlue wrote: >>> I added a dummy mx record (lowest preference) as we all know its >>> generally the one th spammers target first, which is getting hit with >>> about 50% of our daily connect

Re: dissapointed >> dummy MX record

2005-05-25 Thread Jeff Chan
On Wednesday, May 25, 2005, 5:43:41 PM, evan wrote: > Also look at honeyd.org for how honeypots are catching spammers. > Spamhaus uses > a similar scheme where unknown and unused domains sit on servers across the > world. Any mail the server gets is obviously spam since no one should be > sending

Re: dissapointed >> dummy MX record

2005-05-25 Thread evan
Do you have any links to linux based "fake proxypots" ? They sound cool, or maybe its just fun to say... Look for implementations of "Teergrube" on google. A famous one which shut down awhile back is LaBrea - which uses similar technology for catching worms. There is a Linux netfilter plugin

Re: dissapointed >> dummy MX record

2005-05-25 Thread lists
On Tuesday, May 24, 2005, 6:56:08 AM, Ronan McGlue wrote: I added a dummy mx record (lowest preference) as we all know its generally the one th spammers target first, which is getting hit with about 50% of our daily connections, of which i defer all of them at a very low overhead. Some of t

Re: dissapointed >> dummy MX record

2005-05-25 Thread lists
> I added a dummy mx record (lowest preference) as we all know its generally the one th spammers target first, which is getting hit with about 50% of our daily connections, of which i defer all of them at a very low overhead. May I ask what kind of software/settings do you use to defer the

Re: dissapointed

2005-05-24 Thread Ronan McGlue
Dale Blount wrote: Morning Ronan, I added a dummy mx record (lowest preference) as we all know its generally the one th spammers target first, which is getting hit with about 50% of our daily connections, of which i defer all of them at a very low overhead. May I ask what kind of softwa

Re: dissapointed

2005-05-24 Thread Andy Jezierski
Ronan McGlue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/24/2005 08:56:08 AM: > we recently acquired 7 ninja machines for various purpouses... > [snip] > I feel like with  this arsenal at my disposal the spammers should at > least make an effort!!! > > thoughts? > -- Kind of like the rappers that spen

Re: dissapointed

2005-05-24 Thread Dale Blount
Morning Ronan, > I added a dummy mx record (lowest preference) as we all know its > generally the one th spammers target first, which is getting hit with > about 50% of our daily connections, of which i defer all of them at a > very low overhead. > May I ask what kind of software/settings do

Re: dissapointed

2005-05-24 Thread Jeff Chan
On Tuesday, May 24, 2005, 6:56:08 AM, Ronan McGlue wrote: > I added a dummy mx record (lowest preference) as we all know its > generally the one th spammers target first, which is getting hit with > about 50% of our daily connections, of which i defer all of them at a > very low overhead. Some o

dissapointed

2005-05-24 Thread Ronan McGlue
le at peak times... plus theres 1.1Gig free (top)... anyway is it right for me to be a little dissapointed becuase with all this hardware/firepower to nuke the spam( bayes / dcc / pyzor / razor / surbl) as it would appear that we didnt need it.(the new hardware) *BECAUSE* I added a dummy mx r