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Re: FWD: Outbound E-mail Problem
By: Marc Lewis to alt.bbs.synchronet on Tue Apr 08 2025 07:24 am
> From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet
>
> + User FidoNet address: 1:396/45
> * Forwarded (from: MYMAIL) by Marc Lewis using timEd/2 1.10.y2k+.
> * Originally from Marc Lewis (1:396/45) to
Digital.Man@vert.synchro.net.
> * Original dated: Tue Apr 08, 06:57
>
> Hello Digital.Man!
>
>
Digital.Man@vert.synchro.net wrote a message regarding
> Outbound E-mail Problem >
>
> Dv> So can you fix your gateway to USENET alt.bbs.synchronet please?
>
> Dv> Thank you,
>
> > From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet
>
> > + User FidoNet address: 1:396/4
> > X-From: "MRO" <mro@BBSESINF.remove-f4z-this>
> [snip]
>
> This is a bogus message. It isn`t possible for anyone to have address
> 1:396/4 - it`s not open to the public and has no user interface. 1:396/4 is
> simply the address of the stand-alone NewsGate machine. Anyone posting to
> the alt.bbs.synchronet newsgroup would have to post from a FidoNet address
> and be linked to my ALT-BBS-SYNCRHONET echo. There`d be a dead giveaway
> who`s posting; their address would show up in the "+ User FidoNet address"
> kludge.
>
> This isn`t the first time someone has tried to do this crap - it didn`t come
> from here or I`d have a log of it and could cut that Node off straightaway.
> Feel free to post this to the newsgroup if you wish.
>
> Best regards,
> Marc
>
> Internet recipients: Your reply in plain-text will be appreciated.
> --
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> + The FidoNet News Gate (Huntsville, AL - USA) +
> + The views of this user are strictly his or her own. +
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> ---
> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
> https://www.avast.com/antivirus
>
> --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
Your system appears to be echoing back to USENET some messages that
it receives *from* USENET. I have have about 50 example messages here
in alt.bbs.synchronet going back to 2024, here`s the oldest example:
------------------------------------- 8< --------------------------------------
Subj : Re: email relay error
To : alt.bbs.synchronet
From : MRO (@p0.f4.n396.z1[ASC46]fidonet[.]org)
Date : Sat Feb 03 2024 05:04 am UTC
From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet
+ User FidoNet address: 1:396/4
From: "MRO" <mro@BBSESINF.remove-ui-this>
To: poindexter FORTRAN
Re: Re: email relay error
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Digital Man on Fri Feb 02 2024 06:29 am
>
> I thought they al gave up and opened outlook.com addresses - at least
> all of the spams I see look to come from Microsoft...
>
>
yeah, sure.
-+-
Synchronet ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
-+- Synchronet 3.20a-Linux NewsLink 1.114
* Vertrauen - Riverside County, California - telnet://vert.synchro.net
--
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ The FidoNet News Gate (Huntsville, AL - USA) +
+ The views of this user are strictly his or her own. +
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
-+-
This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
https://www.avast.com/antivirus
-+- Synchronet 3.20a-Linux NewsLink 1.114
------------------------------------- 8< --------------------------------------
Nothing about this appears "bogus". From the tag/origin lines, I see
the message was originally posted by MRO to Vertrauen which then
exported it via NNTP to alt.bbs.synchronet and then "The FidoNet News Gate"
(isn`t that your system?) also exported the message back to
alt.bbs.synchronet where it was then re-imported back into Vertrauen, thus completing a
dupe loop.
Do you need more examples?
--
digital man (rob)
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