Spammers are STUPID!

[giza]

So, I got my nightly report from my logfile analyzer on my mailserver the other day, and saw thousands and thousands of bounces. Apparently some spammer was trying to spam non-existant e-mail addresses on haltabuse.org, to the rate of 20 e-mail addresses every 5 minutes. This is known as dictionary spamming.

Okay, so I was annoyed. One access.db entry later, and now his attempts to send e-mail were met with the error "Bite me". But, he's STILL at it:

Apr 4 14:03:46 plushie sendmail[19137]: ruleset=check_relay, arg1=200.162.239.55.sao.ajato.com.br, arg2=200.162.239.55, relay=200.162.239.55.sao.ajato.com.br [200.162.239.55], reject=550 5.0.0 Bite me

Apr 4 14:08:20 plushie sendmail[19228]: ruleset=check_relay, arg1=200.162.239.55.sao.ajato.com.br, arg2=200.162.239.55, relay=200.162.239.55.sao.ajato.com.br [200.162.239.55], reject=550 5.0.0 Bite me

Apr 4 14:12:56 plushie sendmail[19374]: ruleset=check_relay, arg1=200.162.239.55.sao.ajato.com.br, arg2=200.162.239.55, relay=200.162.239.55.sao.ajato.com.br [200.162.239.55], reject=550 5.0.0 Bite me

*shakes his head* It amazes me how stupid spammers can be. You would think that his software would at least check to see if the e-mail is being accepted or not.

Twits.

Comments

[afya.livejournal.com]

You know what's REALLY annoying? Having people turn round and start flaming YOU for spamming THEM, because some spamming little b*gger has put your address in the From field.

So, a plea to anyone who uses Spamcop: use it with caution. Please don't file a complaint about the address the email SAYS it's from. Spamcop politely tells you the servers you SHOULD be complaining to, so don't tick any boxes that default off unless you're sure. :)

On the subject of spam though, allow me to recommend the spam filter PopFile - brought to my attention by Jarrod on TLK-L. After only about a week's training, it is correctly identifying more than 95% of my emails as spam or not-spam. And if it gets it wrong, you can easily retrieve the not-spam and make it learn from its mistake. :)