[lbo-talk] Query re: Bizarre "Returned Mail" Messages

[Kelley]

At 02:00 PM 6/20/03 -0500, you wrote:
>On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 at 1:31pm Kelley wrote:
>
>[snipped all true stuff]
>
> > Set a filter rule to dump them all in the trash. Find some
> > common characteristic, like "Subject: Returned mail: see
> > transcript for details".
>
>yeah, if you're not postmaster@ i guess you can get away with that 
>solution :-)

heh


>but there's another thing it might be, a joe-job[1].
>considering some of the addresses in the bounce it sure
>looks pretty spammy.  (but i didn't so an exhaustive
>analysis either.)  but it could be BOTH a joe-job and a
>worm.  there are rumors around that some spammers have
>started using worms to carry their spam payload to
>vulnerable peecees and then launching spam runs from them,
>just script kiddies doing their DDOS's.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2987558.stm

something like that?

hey, Michael, btw, I'm glad you came around on the spam thing! :)

kelley