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Article #38Re: Where is all this bad mail coming from?
From: Daniel Cwiertniewicz
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1992 21:14
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1992 21:14
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In article <6389@ucsbcsl.ucsb.edu>, doug@foxtrot.ccmrc.ucsb.edu (Douglas Scott) writes: ... |> | |> |----- Transcript of session follows ----- |> |<<< EXPN chahal |> |550 chahal... User unknown |> |<<< QUIT |> | |> |----- No message was collected ----- |> | |> |> The only difference between the different ones I get is the the user name |> changes. There is never any information about where this mail came from. |> None of the names following the EXPN line are anyone who has ever been at this |> site. I can only assume that this mail is coming in from the outside. |> |> Can anyone give me some information as to why I am collecting so much mail of |> this sort? Is my machine failing to forward this mail on to some unknown |> site? |> I beleive that the netfind program run off bruno.cs.colorado.edu generates this message in its' attempts to locate e-mail addresses. Quite a nice service, but this part is mildly annoying, especially when you don't know about, and can't use the service. This is a free service. Give it a try, I use it all the time. -- Daniel Cwiertniewicz, Systems Analyst, C&IT, WSU, (313)-577-0787 ignore the header, my real address is dan@foghorn.pass.wayne.edu Let's talk Bonsai ! Bonsai@cms.cc.wayne.edu LISTSERV@cms.cc.wayne.edu (To subscribe)
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Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!destroyer!wsu-cs!jake.cc.wayne.edu!dan From: dan@jake.cc.wayne.edu (Daniel Cwiertniewicz) Subject: Re: Where is all this bad mail coming from? Message-ID: <1992Nov2.211426.28884@cs.wayne.edu> Sender: usenet@cs.wayne.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Wayne State University, Detroit MI U.S.A References: <6389@ucsbcsl.ucsb.edu> Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1992 21:14:26 GMT Lines: 32