Re: [exim] spam before list

On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 05:17:55PM -0700, TBlittlefoot wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 11:31:42PM +0200, Leonardo Boselli wrote:
> > Today at 1130 i activated (but did not advertised,neither added
> > any user or sent any message) a list for local users. at 2330
> > arrived the first spam message .... :-(((((((((((((
> What!? How could that happen?

Dictionary attack or random address generation.

(or the spammers have become telepathic :-))

Dave
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