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List:       gentoo-announce
Subject:    [gentoo-announce] Recent lists mail loss
From:       "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2 () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2010-02-01 20:40:28
Message-ID: robbat2-20100201T203316-573953947Z () orbis-terrarum ! net
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As the listadmin, I'd like to apologize for some recent lists mail loss.

A spammer managed to get a subscription confirmation email send to a
spamtrap address, that promptly caused the lists server to be listed on
a blacklist for 12-14 hours.

During that time, approximately 2000 list deliveries were rejected due
to the RBL. First recorded rejection was around Feb 1 00:20 UTC, last
recorded was Feb 1 13:35 UTC.

I've included full log details in a blogpost:
http://robbat2.livejournal.com/236942.html

If you know anybody that runs similar spamtraps, please ask them to
ensure list confirmation requests are NOT treated as spam.

--=20
Robin Hugh Johnson
Gentoo Linux: Developer, Trustee & Infrastructure Lead
E-Mail     : robbat2@gentoo.org
GnuPG FP   : 11AC BA4F 4778 E3F6 E4ED  F38E B27B 944E 3488 4E85

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