25,000-Ton Amphibious Spam Relay

hormiga writes "The amphibious transport dock ship San Antonio incorporates the latest quality of life standards for the embarked Marines and sailors, including the sit-up berth, ship services mall, a fitness center and learning resource center/electronic classroom and Unsolicited Bulk E-Mail. Now the Chinese can relay their spam through U.S. military naval vessels." Well, Chinese spammers, anyhow.

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[Jonah Hex]

Subject: [IP] 25,000 ton spam relay, with photos of it!]

* From: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>
* To: ip@v2.listbox.com
* Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 10:08:55 -0500

At 09:59 AM 12/16/2003, Rich Kulawiec wrote:
[ Doesn't it just make you feel all safe and cozy when the people
responsible for our defense are allowing military hardware to be
hijacked to relay spam?

---Rsk ]

----- Forwarded message from Bruce Gingery <bg7341@GTCS.COM> -----

> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:48:14 -0700
> From: Bruce Gingery <bg7341@GTCS.COM>
> Subject: Spam, Block: 25,000 ton spam relay, with photos of it!
> To: SPAM-L@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM
>
> ANNOUNCING: The amphibious transport dock and spam relay
>
> http://www.news.navy.mil/list_all.asp?id=8488
> Zoom-in
> http://www.news.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=4553
> http://www.news.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=2746
>
> > The ship supports the Marine Corps "mobility triad," the LCAC
> >(Landing Craft Air Cushion vehicle), the "Triple A-V" (AAAV -
> > Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle) and the MV-22 (Osprey
> > tiltrotor aircraft),
>
> and (apparently) spammers in Guandong. Red China.
>
> > Furthermore, San Antonio incorporates the latest quality of life
> > standards for the embarked Marines and sailors, including the sit-up
> > berth, ship services mall, a fitness center and learning resource
> > center/electronic classroom
>
> and Unsolicited Bulk E-Mail.
>
> Of course, it's possible that one of the OTHER eleven ships, still under
> construction, is the Avondale, LA dot-MIL spam relay, or trojaned boat,
> or some nice-and-secure Windows box in the construction drydocks, running
> Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13
>
> But doesn't it make all Americans feel all fuzzy and secure that a
> Red Chinese spammer can abuse a US Naval Vessel of one of the newest
> designs, to relay his "business proposition"?
>
> Perhaps it's tied to the USS Green Bay, instead? or USS New Orleans?
> http://www.navsea.navy.mil/newswire_content.asp?tx tDataID=8963&txtTypeID=2
>
> The USS Mesa Verde, seems to be in Mississippi, instead
> http://www.navsea.navy.mil/newswire_content.asp?tx tDataID=8663&txtTypeID=2
>
> But the E-Mail headers finger the USS San Antonio, LPD 17, already
> christened, and due for commissioning some time this coming year.
>
> > LPD 17 Looks Like a "Gator"
>
> http://www.navsea.navy.mil/newswire_content.asp?tx tDataID=8596&txtTypeID=2
>
> but from here, it just looks like another spammer.
>
> [SPECIMEN]
> H: Return-Path: <lugbkbgkd@ms13.hinet.net>
> H: Received: from avnavfw.lpd17.navsea.navy.mil
> H: (avnavfw.pms317.navy.mil [205.67.231.235])
> H: by mail.gtcs.com (8.12.10/8.11.3/gtcs-6.3.8) with SMTP
> H: id hBG65HO8091853
> H: for <[victim]>; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 23:06:39 -0700 (MST)
> H: (envelope-from: <lugbkbgkd@ms13.hinet.net>)
> H: X-Authentication-Warning: serv.gtcs.com: Host
> H: avnavfw.pms317.navy.mil [205.67.231.235]
> H: claimed to be avnavfw.lpd17.navsea.navy.mil
> H: Received: from no.name.available by avnavfw.lpd17.navsea.navy.mil
> H: via smtpd (for [209.181.16.1]) with SMTP; 16 Dec 2003 05:53:08 UT
> H: Received: from avnavfw.AVONDALE (205.67.231.5 [205.67.231.5]) by
> H: swn-email.lpd17.navy.mil with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail
> H: Service Version 5.5.2653.13)
> H: id YY2BDP4P; Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:07:28 -0600
> H: From: "HuatonE-ScooterCo.,Ltd"