Archive for September, 2004
New, but private blocking list
I’m looking for a GUI and set of scripts to use in order to control it, but I have set up a DNSBL for the use of my mailserver. Why would I do such a thing? Because I was getting tired of adding hosts to a postfix configuration file and having to restart the mailserver. [...]
Don’t Click That Link!
According to a story in The Register, some spam out there contains opt-out links which will try to install malicious software that could open backdoors, install keystroke loggers, or worse. In the words of Alex Shipp of Messagelabs: So not only do you confirm your email address to the spammers, you also get to host [...]
Politics and Spam: A volitile mix
This morning I gave an email address to the John Kerry campaign. Turns out they don’t use confirmed (or double) opt-in to “close the loop” on their mailing lists. How do I know that? Because when I submitted the address this was the next screen: I hear the Bush campaign doesn’t confirm addresses either. If [...]
