Re: More link spam getting through to the lists

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: More link spam getting through to the lists
Date: 2011-06-09 11:14:24
Message-ID: BANLkTimd3RRgQ9zjiiyM_WnaXOQq+Nbonw@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 23:14, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
>> This was posted by someone who was actually a subscriber to the list.
>> And does have DKIM signatures from gmail - though I don't have the
>> tools to verify them.
>
>> It indicates to me that either someone got their account(s) hacked and
>> used to send it, or a spammer is sophisticated enough to create a
>> gmail account and subscribed it to the list before they post.. Which
>> seems quite advanced..
>
> Hard to tell which it is.  I believe we've seen these from a number of
> different gmail accounts.  Do we have logs showing how long somebody's
> been subscribed?  If they were recent subscribers I'd think the latter,
> else more likely the former.

No idea, unfortunately. Marc/Alvaro, do we have such a log?

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