[PLUG] Weird e-mail

Richard C. Steffens rsteff at comcast.net
Fri Oct 28 23:24:04 UTC 2005


Rich Shepard wrote:

>   It does come from Germany:
> 
> [rshepard at salmo ~]$ host 85.180.159.164
> 164.159.180.85.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer 
> e180159164.adsl.alicedsl.de.

I saw the .de and knew that it means Germany, but wondered when I saw 
the Netherlands reference in whois.


>   Turn on the headers, then forward to abuse at alicedsl.de with a request 
> that
> they stop such use of their mail servers.

I'll do that.

>   You're not running your own MTA, but you could install and configure
> SpamAssassin. Teach it to catch junk like this and you'll not see it in 
> your
> inbox any longer.

I wasn't aware that SpamAssassin would be of use to me, using 
Thunderbird to get mail from Comcast. I guess I'd better read up on 
SpamAssassin. Any recommendations for reading material, other than what 
I'll find at the SpamAssassin site?

-- 
Regards,

Dick Steffens
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