Scamcop listing today

robmueller · 18 Feb 2005, 03:15 PM

Ok, we got listed on spamcop.net again today. Obviously that's bad

However, there is some good news.

Due to a bug in some rate limiting code, some people were able to send well above their hourly message rate limit. That's how a guest user managed to send significantly > 80 emails in an hour and get us listed. We've tracked down this bug, and it should be fixed now, so this shouldn't happen again!

Hopefully this will have a 2 fold effect:
1. Stop the sending of large numbers of emails, and lock accounts before there's a significant number sent
2. Discourage this spammers full stop, so that they don't even try in the first place

I'll keep an eye on things over the next couple of days, just check that it's definitely closed.

Rob

FMradio · 18 Feb 2005, 04:45 PM

It seems like this one got resolved quickly, so that's good to see.

Well - stuff happens ... Counting on the FM team to keep improving system to defend against abuse by spammers.

18 Feb 2005, 03:15 PM	#1
robmueller Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 6,102 Representative of: Fastmail.FM	Scamcop listing today Ok, we got listed on spamcop.net again today. Obviously that's bad However, there is some good news. Due to a bug in some rate limiting code, some people were able to send well above their hourly message rate limit. That's how a guest user managed to send significantly > 80 emails in an hour and get us listed. We've tracked down this bug, and it should be fixed now, so this shouldn't happen again! Hopefully this will have a 2 fold effect: 1. Stop the sending of large numbers of emails, and lock accounts before there's a significant number sent 2. Discourage this spammers full stop, so that they don't even try in the first place I'll keep an eye on things over the next couple of days, just check that it's definitely closed. Rob

18 Feb 2005, 04:45 PM	#2
FMradio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: California Posts: 85	Re: Scamcop listing today It seems like this one got resolved quickly, so that's good to see. Well - stuff happens ... Counting on the FM team to keep improving system to defend against abuse by spammers.