Judging from the logs of my mail filters, about 2% of the mail that is marked up by SA as spam comes from @hotmail.com addresses. Thursday, for example, my filters saw 21,863 messages that were marked as spam, and 356 of those have @hotmail.com addresses.
When you look at where these messages are coming from, though, and compare them to the IPs hotmail uses for outgoing smtp... I don't actually see any messages that really came from them--they are almost entirely forged addresses.
Not that I have any love of MS/Hotmail, just sayin'.
Porn drives innovation in ways that Bill Gates can only dream about. Bring on the 3D titties now, and in a few years 'legitimate' uses will be commonplace.
The first paragraph or so of the hacked version of their site, as translated by InterTran. Either InterTran leaves something to be desired as a translation tool, or the hackers who hit the site leave something to be desired as far as proficiency in the swedish language goes. You decide:
To make that desision easier, here's that same text, translated from English to Sweedish and back by InterTran:
The first paragraph or so if hack version of their site, so translated wide InterTran [tranexp.com]. Either InterTran blade somewhat to be desired as translation utensils , ors the hack whom hits gardens leave somewhat to be desired as far as cleverness in the Swede language am going. Yous decide:
Maybe. Not if it's anything like their wholesale DSL plan, where they sell you, a wholesaling ISP, a port for $30--while they are retailing it for $35! This does not include any backhaul from the Verizon CO, and don't forget about Internet bandwidth charges on top of that--and you'll get to pay Verizon again for carring it back out to your upstream carrier...
I'm not sure that too many/any other ISPs will be able to make this a workable business model.
Actually, if you ever find a phone that has no means of dialing at all, picking it up will probably make it autodial something. A single 'flash' of the hook switch will, more often than not, get you out of autodialing jail... need I say more?
Seriously, is a show controlled by the masses through voting a really good idea? In this instance I am suddenly reminded why the Founding Fathers(tm) of America didn't want the majority of people to vote.
Has it really been that long since the last time you were reminded of this?
Let me just take a moment to say that sa-exim kicks ass. It stops your spam before SMTP accepts it, so no mail is ever deleted. Exim is about the most configurable piece of software there is, and who doesn't know about SpamAssassin?
Alternately, check out MailScanner for one-stop mail sanitization, virus checking, and spam filtering.
jjeffries@falcor:~$ host www.makelovenotspam.com
www.makelovenotspam.com A 213.115.182.123
jjeffries@falcor:~$ traceroute www.makelovenotspam.com
traceroute to www.makelovenotspam.com (213.115.182.123), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
1 gateway (x.x.x.1) 1.388 ms 0.772 ms 1.496 ms
2 (x.x.x.181) 10.403 ms 16.325 ms 29.059 ms
3 553.at-4-0-0.CL1.PIT1.ALTER.NET (152.63.39.186) 30.078 ms 26.343 ms 20.596 ms
4 0.so-4-0-0.CL1.IAD5.ALTER.NET (152.63.34.125) 30.713 ms 35.189 ms 17.594 ms
5 500.ATM7-0.GW5.IAD5.ALTER.NET (152.63.43.145) 20.766 ms 22.089 ms 28.399 ms
6 xa-gw1.customer.ALTER.NET (157.130.39.190) 44.347 ms 29.281 ms 22.978 ms
7 ua-213-115-182-123.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se (213.115.182.123) 31.790 ms 35.843 ms 33.322 ms
Whois:
route: 213.114.0.0/15
descr: Broadband Customers in Scandinavia
descr: Please report improper use to abuse@bredband.com
origin: AS8642
notify: noc@bredband.com
mnt-by: B2-MNT
changed: hostmaster@bredband.com 20040618
source: RIPE
But if you check out this netcraft link you'll see that the IP it knows about is different: 83.241.136.230
jjeffries@falcor:~$ traceroute 83.241.136.230
traceroute to 83.241.136.230 (83.241.136.230), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
1 gateway (x.x.x.1) 1.110 ms 2.266 ms 1.152 ms
2 (x.x.x.181) 13.181 ms 18.244 ms 13.192 ms
3 553.at-6-0-0.CL1.PIT1.ALTER.NET (152.63.39.194) 18.160 ms 16.479 ms 23.837 ms
4 0.so-4-0-0.CL1.IAD5.ALTER.NET (152.63.34.125) 27.729 ms 20.275 ms 17.367 ms
5 500.ATM4-0.GW5.IAD5.ALTER.NET (152.63.43.137) 23.103 ms 19.935 ms 22.293 ms
6 xa-gw1.customer.ALTER.NET (157.130.39.190) 30.378 ms 29.437 ms 22.138 ms
7 230.136.241.83.in-addr.dgcsystems.net (83.241.136.230) 18.647 ms 28.862 ms 24.483 ms
Whois:
route: 83.241.128.0/17
descr: DGC Systems AB Stockholm
origin: AS21195
mnt-by: DGCSYSTEMS-MNT
changed: bjorn.osterman@dgc.se 20040427
source: RIPE
If you hit those IPs in a browser, you'll get the same 404 error. Traceroutes to adjacent IPs go entirely different directions. This would appear to confirm that MCI is doing something funny with these IPs.
Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted!
Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING. It's not at all like a TALKING COMPUTER. You are a bad man. Go away.
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The Blue Screen of Death is going to look awesome on a screen the size of a small house!
Adium is pretty much the GAIM guts with a native OSX interface...
That is all.
What license is it distributed under?
No. Also, a car is the only way to get from point A to point B, drugs are baaaaaad, and jesus is lord. AMEN!
When you look at where these messages are coming from, though, and compare them to the IPs hotmail uses for outgoing smtp... I don't actually see any messages that really came from them--they are almost entirely forged addresses.
Not that I have any love of MS/Hotmail, just sayin'.
Porn drives innovation in ways that Bill Gates can only dream about. Bring on the 3D titties now, and in a few years 'legitimate' uses will be commonplace.
One would assume that the successor to Fortran would be called either Nextran or Fivetran.
Same place it is on in the regular ol' Internet... Providers can't figure out how to bill for it, so it's more or less not an option. Lovely, eh?
To make that desision easier, here's that same text, translated from English to Sweedish and back by InterTran:
Perhaps not, if we're still talking aboot Canada...
Maybe. Not if it's anything like their wholesale DSL plan, where they sell you, a wholesaling ISP, a port for $30--while they are retailing it for $35! This does not include any backhaul from the Verizon CO, and don't forget about Internet bandwidth charges on top of that--and you'll get to pay Verizon again for carring it back out to your upstream carrier...
I'm not sure that too many/any other ISPs will be able to make this a workable business model.
Leave me alone!
Actually, if you ever find a phone that has no means of dialing at all, picking it up will probably make it autodial something. A single 'flash' of the hook switch will, more often than not, get you out of autodialing jail... need I say more?
Has it really been that long since the last time you were reminded of this?
Sounds like a pr0n tontine.
"NO!!!! If you turn it up to eleven, you'll overheat the motors, and IT MIGHT EXPLODE!!"
Alternately, check out MailScanner for one-stop mail sanitization, virus checking, and spam filtering.
Here's what I get for www.makelovenotspam.com:
jjeffries@falcor:~$ host www.makelovenotspam.com
www.makelovenotspam.com A 213.115.182.123
jjeffries@falcor:~$ traceroute www.makelovenotspam.com
traceroute to www.makelovenotspam.com (213.115.182.123), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
1 gateway (x.x.x.1) 1.388 ms 0.772 ms 1.496 ms
2 (x.x.x.181) 10.403 ms 16.325 ms 29.059 ms
3 553.at-4-0-0.CL1.PIT1.ALTER.NET (152.63.39.186) 30.078 ms 26.343 ms 20.596 ms
4 0.so-4-0-0.CL1.IAD5.ALTER.NET (152.63.34.125) 30.713 ms 35.189 ms 17.594 ms
5 500.ATM7-0.GW5.IAD5.ALTER.NET (152.63.43.145) 20.766 ms 22.089 ms 28.399 ms
6 xa-gw1.customer.ALTER.NET (157.130.39.190) 44.347 ms 29.281 ms 22.978 ms
7 ua-213-115-182-123.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se (213.115.182.123) 31.790 ms 35.843 ms 33.322 ms
Whois:
route: 213.114.0.0/15
descr: Broadband Customers in Scandinavia
descr: Please report improper use to abuse@bredband.com
origin: AS8642
notify: noc@bredband.com
mnt-by: B2-MNT
changed: hostmaster@bredband.com 20040618
source: RIPE
But if you check out this netcraft link you'll see that the IP it knows about is different: 83.241.136.230
jjeffries@falcor:~$ host 83.241.136.230
Name: 230.136.241.83.in-addr.dgcsystems.net
Address: 83.241.136.230
jjeffries@falcor:~$ traceroute 83.241.136.230
traceroute to 83.241.136.230 (83.241.136.230), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
1 gateway (x.x.x.1) 1.110 ms 2.266 ms 1.152 ms
2 (x.x.x.181) 13.181 ms 18.244 ms 13.192 ms
3 553.at-6-0-0.CL1.PIT1.ALTER.NET (152.63.39.194) 18.160 ms 16.479 ms 23.837 ms
4 0.so-4-0-0.CL1.IAD5.ALTER.NET (152.63.34.125) 27.729 ms 20.275 ms 17.367 ms
5 500.ATM4-0.GW5.IAD5.ALTER.NET (152.63.43.137) 23.103 ms 19.935 ms 22.293 ms
6 xa-gw1.customer.ALTER.NET (157.130.39.190) 30.378 ms 29.437 ms 22.138 ms
7 230.136.241.83.in-addr.dgcsystems.net (83.241.136.230) 18.647 ms 28.862 ms 24.483 ms
Whois:
route: 83.241.128.0/17
descr: DGC Systems AB Stockholm
origin: AS21195
mnt-by: DGCSYSTEMS-MNT
changed: bjorn.osterman@dgc.se 20040427
source: RIPE
If you hit those IPs in a browser, you'll get the same 404 error. Traceroutes to adjacent IPs go entirely different directions. This would appear to confirm that MCI is doing something funny with these IPs.
yes.
I can practically see this italicized text printed under a glossy colour stock photo of people climbing up a mountain or something...
Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted!
Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING. It's not at all like a TALKING COMPUTER. You are a bad man. Go away.
Yes, but that violates Microsoft's patent on perverting names, words, and acronyms that already have an established meaning for their own evil uses.
I hope it's a substantial improvement over my machine... Seems like I've been waiting forever for it to finish...
what can I say... the damn things snagged my sweater during take-off, and I didn't want to say anything...