Re: Fwd: failure notice

Its stupid qmail generating backscatter.  I had one guy go nuts on me because
his qmail box sent him a bunch of the probe bounces.

Boy, you're pretty gutsy using your email address as the FROM: on the probe
messages!

Bob


---------- Original Message -----------
From: Simon Shapiro  <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thu, 12 May 2005 21:04:24 -0400
Subject: [DSBL-Discussion] Fwd:  failure notice

> Dear black-listers;
> 
> I test about 700 messages a week.  The attached message is the first
> of its kind I see.  Is this an indication of a defficiency in the 
> test software?  My setup?
> 
> [ I test that many because this is the amount of spam that bypasses
> my dnsrbl pre-filter.  The most hits seem to come from spamcop... ]
> 
> ------ Forwarded message ------
> From:  [email protected]
> To:  [email protected]
> Date:  12 May 2005 23:40:34 -0000
> 
> Hi. This is the qmail-send program at MediaSoft.ro.
> I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following
>  addresses.
> This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.
> 
> <[email protected]>:
> Sorry, no mailbox here by that name. (#5.1.1)
> 
> --- Below this line is a copy of the message.
> 
> Return-Path: <[email protected]>
> 
> Received: (qmail 27992 invoked from network); 12 May 2005 23:40:34 -0000
> Received: from adsl-065-013-001-095.sip.asm.bellsouth.net (HELO
>  simonshapiro.net) (65.13.1.95)
>   by media-gw.planet.ro with SMTP; 12 May 2005 23:40:33 -0000
> Message-ID: <kTghQ/[email protected]>
> Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 00:21:06 +0000
> To: <[email protected]>
> Subject: Open Relay Test Message
> 
> DSBL LISTME: smtp 194.176.162.181
> kTghQ/8zQmO0J8uotxhgwSI+YtSRdTxJ
> MAIL FROM:<[email protected]>
> RCPT TO:<listme.dsbl.org!listme>
> DSBL END
> 
> This message is a test of your mail server to determine if
> it will perform relaying (re-sending) of e-mail messages
> for unauthorized outside parties.  This capability, if
> enabled in your mail server, is widely considered to be
> serious flaw in mail server security.
> 
> Your mail server is being tested for relaying capability
> because we have received mail from it and wish to determine
> its likelihood to be abused by spammers.
> 
> We protest the inhuman, dishonest, and downright
> awful way the SSA is treating our famlily.
> 
> We support total privatization of Social Security.
> As five years victims of this organization,
> we know!
> 
> ----------------------------------------------
> This message was sent to the opt-in DSBL list.
> If you do not want to receive DSBL messages,
> please send mail to [email protected].
------- End of Original Message -------


----------------------------------------------
This message was sent to the opt-in DSBL list.
If you do not want to receive DSBL messages,
please send mail to [email protected].