[IMC-Tech] Spam with chambana.net Addresses
Mike Lehman
rebelmike at earthlink.net
Thu Feb 22 10:15:43 CST 2007
Thanks Dan and Bryan,
I've seen this before, just not in such quantity and persistence, since
it has been going on for more than a week now. So I wanted to be sure.
I've had a little practice reading headers, but wasn't sure if things
were OK or not.
Regards,
Mike
Bryan Cribbs wrote:
> It is trivial for any "script-kid" to send emails pretending they are
> from some place that they are not.
>
> It's pretty obvious when such misrepresentation occurs (if you look at
> the full headers of the email).
>
> It's sane to worry about it, and it's good to "raise a red flag" when
> you see it en masse.
> Chances are it's an "illiterate spammer" (i.e. obsolete methods), but
> it never hurts to know about those.
>
> Mike Lehman wrote:
>> I sent an email about this a week or so ago. On the half-dozen lists
>> I admin, I've been noticing spam with chambana.net addresses turning
>> up. Maybe it's just coincidence, but I've been saving it and not
>> deleting it because I was afraid it represented some sort of
>> compromise of the mail system. You can take a look at imc-fundraising
>> for various examples.
>> http://lists.chambana.net/cgi-bin/admindb/imc-fundraising
>>
>> If it's nothing to be concerned about, let me know and I'll just
>> delete it. However, I wanted to sure someone was aware of the issue,
>> in case it's something sinister.
>> Mike Lehman
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