On 07/21/08 14:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) wrote:
Christopher Bort wrote:
In all of the relay attempts I'm seeing on this mail server, the
recipient addresses are in domains for which the server is an NS.
They are looking for any connection possible. A nameserver is an
association. They will hope that perhaps it allows mail. Unlikely to
the extreme but not inconceivable.
I think, that they do care that it's an NS. It seems like they're
looking for hosts that will deliver|relay messages for specific
domains, so why don't they just use the existing MX rather than
trying an NS host with which there's no reasonable expectation that
it will relay for the target domain?
You are trying to apply logic to a situation to which no reason can be
applied. Spammers do not operate with a sanity of reason and logic.
There is intelligence. But bludgeoning others for their own gain only
makes sense to them and not to members of society.
True enough. I suppose it's a good thing that I'm not entirely
able to think like a spammer. ;-)
I suppose they could be looking for back doors, but that seems like
it would be a very low probability undertaking.
Spammers base their existence upon extremely low probabilities
multiplied by very large numbers of messages.
True again. Your comments essentially reflect my own assessment,
but I was curious enough about it to bring it up on a list like
this one to see if I was missing some twist that would make an
iota of sense, but I guess not. I'll let it go now. 8^) Even
though there's no actual problem, it's still a low grade
irritant to me that someone out there is stupid enough to bang
their head against this wall.
--
Christopher Bort
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<http://www.thehundredacre.net/>
