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Subject: Re: more list attacks - some mail headers
From: Jeffrey Goldberg <J . Goldberg @ Cranfield . ac . uk>
Organization: Cranfield University Computer Centre
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 08:06:28 +0000 (GMT)
To: Joe Brennan <brennan @ watsun . cc . columbia . edu>
Cc: Benji Spencer <spunge @ spunge . org>, list-managers @ GreatCircle . COM, majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <CMM.0.90.4.922124959.brennan@watsol>
Reply-to: Jeffrey Goldberg <J . Goldberg @ Cranfield . ac . uk>

On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, Joe Brennan wrote:

> The real source of mail is dialups (seen so far) owned by
> telmex.net.mx (March 12-19), data.net.mx (March 19), and
> internet.com.mx (March 19-20). 

Does anyone know if this are listed on dul.maps.vix.com Realtime Blackhole
List.  (This is the RBL system for dial-up addresses, see
http://maps.vix.com/ for more information.)

> attempts from them.  I'm adopting a wait and see as to whether the
> person can just open another account.  We're rejecting mail from
> their dialup IPs.  Their dialup users shouldn't be connecting straight
> to us anyway.
> 
> I didn't have time yet to draw up a report to data.net.mx but we are
> rejecting their dialups as well.  We got and rejected an attempt from
> there over the weekend.
> 
> I just saw internet.com.mx this morning.  Their hostnames are not
> available through nslookup so I can't make a list of their dialups.
> Obviously 207.249.191. looks like something to start with.

This doesn't appear to be on the DUL list.  Someone who actually has logs
of these incoming should send off a report to the DUL list maintainers.
Everyone else should start using DUL blocking at least.

-j
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