Re: [LUG] people.debian.org

[Luke <luke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It seems to be getting worse by the day. If anyone needs a penis
enlargement or some cheap valium i am sure i could grep out a
competitive price list :)


On Sun, 2003-11-23 at 08:45, Simon Waters wrote:
> Luke wrote:
> > 
> > Anyone know if there is a problem with people.debain.org?
> 
> A number of Debian's servers were compromised, they claim the archive is
> sound, I don't think 'people' counts as part of the archive.
> 
> Probably an occaison when patching ater is the best course for once.
> 
>  Simon, waiting for the MX records for backup MX servers to expire to
> stop the spammers using our own servers against us :(
> 
> It's not the mail server can't handle 400 incoming messages a minute, it
> is that it slows down it's handling of new requests to the point that
> the monitoring software times out :( It then logs a complaint that the
> monitoring software disconnected without saying anything <sigh>. And the
> monioring software pages Simon.
> 
> Resart sendmail and another dozen spam boxes reconnect instantly and
> start ploughing through a different bit of the dictionary. And yes off
> topic, all the spam boxes seem to be running Windows.
> 
> I so wish I'd dumped the backup MX's when I spotted they were handling a
> third of our email (I use the term loosely - think SPAM) even when the
> primary was up and running.
> 
> Anyone else facing such dedicated attention from the spambots, or is it
> just our turn. Oh for Postfix, with readable antispam configuration
> options, and built in tar-pitting of such abusers....
> 


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