Very Computer

Hi all;

I have been setting up and testing my RedHat 6.2 server
(sendmail/fetchmail/procmail). Lately when I download email with the
Rh server I keep getting this spam email (see spam email headers
below).

fetchmail does not remove the email from my ISP. But with win95/eudora
lite, the spam is not downloaded...

Is this a spam virus on my ISP or what? Anyhelp would be welcomed.

--Regards       David. E. Goble            
             goble [AT] kin.net.au          
          http://www.kin.net.au/goble
 Po Box 648 Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA 5223

No, just some filters you have installed in windows but not on linux.

FYI:

Community Cable TV (NETBLK-PRIMECABLELV) PRIMECABLELV
                                                 24.234.0.0 - 24.234.255.255
Community Cable TV (NETBLK-EXPRESS-LASVEGAS) EXPRESS-LASVEGAS
                                                 24.234.1.0 - 24.234.95.255

Community Cable TV (NETBLK-PRIMECABLELV)
   121 S. Martin L. King Blvd
   Las Vegas, NV 89106
   US

   Netname: PRIMECABLELV
   Netblock: 24.234.0.0 - 24.234.255.255
   Maintainer: CCTV

   Coordinator:

      702-384-8084x481 (FAX) (702) 383-7048

   Domain System inverse mapping provided by:

   PRIME-BE1.LVCABLEMODEM.COM   24.234.0.5
   NEWS.LVCABLEMODEM.COM        24.234.0.7

   Record last updated on 07-Nov-2000.
   Database last updated on 5-Sep-2001 23:16:33 EDT.

Community Cable TV (NETBLK-EXPRESS-LASVEGAS)
   121 S. Martin L. King Blvd
   Las Vegas, NV 89106
   US

   Netname: EXPRESS-LASVEGAS
   Netblock: 24.234.1.0 - 24.234.95.255

   Coordinator:

      702-384-8084x481 (FAX) (702) 383-7048

   Record last updated on 02-Mar-2000.
   Database last updated on 5-Sep-2001 23:16:33 EDT.

Uh, thats not that easy.

time.
Forward the spam with the full header to the provider of the spammer. Thats
the best you can do.
Ok, it's your time, but only to filter it will not prevent spammers from
flooding the net. Only by cutting them off this will happen. So report
every SPAM you get to the abuse of the providers.

thorsten

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On Thu, 06 Sep 2001 15:10:56 +0200, Thorsten Wandersmann
But I do not have any filters installed in windows?

--Regards       David. E. Goble            
             goble [AT] kin.net.au          
          http://www.kin.net.au/goble
 Po Box 648 Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA 5223

Hmmm, perhaps some automatic filters, I don't know. I did't use Windows for
3 Years now and I'm happy that I got my wife to Linux this year.

Oh, you have to do it with every spam and it is not always from cox.com.
thats what I meant. We all don't want to have spam so we have to fight it,
kicking the spamers of till they give up. Thats work for every of us to do.
I got 2 or three spams a day, I take 5 minutes for it to send it to the
provider, if everyone would do this, than we will have less and less spam.

If we just ignore it (with filters) than the problem will not go away. The
problem is not the spam itself but the financial things around it.

thorsten
--
Thorsten Wandersmann     Phone:  +49-911-8172249
Bonhoefferstr. 79        Mobile: +49-179-6670562

Germany                  http://www.caipy.de

Quote:> Hi all;

> I have been setting up and testing my RedHat 6.2 server
> (sendmail/fetchmail/procmail). Lately when I download email with the
> Rh server I keep getting this spam email (see spam email headers
> below).

> fetchmail does not remove the email from my ISP. But with win95/eudora
> lite, the spam is not downloaded...

> Is this a spam virus on my ISP or what? Anyhelp would be welcomed.

It's probably a malformed mail header causing different problems in
Eudora and fetchmail, or a bug in the POP or IMAP server causing the
same. I've run into this sort of thing before; the message just doesn't
get deleted by some clients, or can't be retrieved with some. I suggest
you try another tool (Netscape, KMail, pine, whatever), or if
necessary, access the POP server manually via telnet (you'll need to
know a handful of commands to be able to delete the message). If you
still can't get it fixed, contact your ISP and tell them to manually
delete the message.

You might also consider sending a copy of the message to the Eudora
and/or fetchmail developers, if you think it's the mail header that's
causing problems. They might be able to get their systems to handle the
message despite its problems. This wouldn't be a short-term solution,
though; more of a bug fix for the mail programs, although depending
upon the details of the input, it might arguably not be a bug in the
program.

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