Re: Mail setup broken (still/again?)

On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:08:14 -0300
"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> wrote:

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> - --On Tuesday, October 16, 2007 19:01:26 +0200 Magnus Hagander
> <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
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> > Marc G. Fournier wrote:
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> >> --On Tuesday, October 16, 2007 18:46:28 +0200 Magnus Hagander
> >> <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
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> >>> Thanks for the quick fixes!
> >>
> >> Thanks for pointing them out, specially the 450 -> 550 change ...
> >> should reduce some of the repeat hits:
> >>
> >> 4902 <BritneysBoudreaux(at)postgresql(dot)org>:
> >> 933 <CarrolljeffreyTyler(at)postgresql(dot)org>:
> >> 876 <EvanoctagonBall(at)postgresql(dot)org>:
> >> 863 <ErikasegregatePhipps(at)postgresql(dot)org>:
> >> 848 <JeremiahanthraciteCurry(at)postgresql(dot)org>:
> >> 845 <JenniehabitualMeade(at)postgresql(dot)org>:
> >> 805 <KipmoliereRocha(at)postgresql(dot)org>:
> >> 801 <GwendolynsolonWeston(at)postgresql(dot)org>:
> >> 793 <AngeliqueshipwreckZapata(at)postgresql(dot)org>:
> >> 788 <OlliedaggerJuarez(at)postgresql(dot)org>:
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> >> And that was just today :)
> >
> > What? Several of those aliases *should* exist, no? ;-)
> >
> > I wonder how the hell they come up with those... I mean, what's the
> > percentage that they exist at all. I can understand those that fake
> > bill@ and joe@ and such addresses, but this...
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> I don't know, but the first one with 4902 attempts comes from
> ... so its not even coming from random 'English'
> sites :)

So why haven't we just blocked mx3.cc.teu.ac.jp at the firewall?

Joshua D. Drake

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> We've had 48535 distinct names attempted 647009 times so far
> today ... and two of them were for bill(at)postgresql(dot)org, and none for
> joe :)
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