TWIKI generated spam

Post #51,607 by tuberculosis 9/13/02 3:34:46 AM 8/21/07 6:41:24 AM Reply	TWIKI generated spam I added my name to the twiki and a couple weeks later the spam begins. ---------- Hi I visited TWIKI.IWETHEY.ORG, and noticed that you're not listed on some search engines! I think we can offer you a service which can help you increase traffic and the number of visitors to your website. I would like to introduce you to TrafficMagnet.com. We offer a unique technology that will submit your website to over 300,000 search engines and directories every month. You'll be surprised by the low cost, and by how effective this website promotion method can be. To find out more about TrafficMagnet and the cost for submitting your website to over 300,000 search engines and directories, visit www.TrafficMagnet.com. I would love to hear from you. Best Regards, Sarah Williams Sales and Marketing E-mail: sarah_williams@trafficmagnet.com [link\|http://www.TrafficMagnet.com\|http://www.TrafficMagnet.com] ----------- Interestingly enough www.trafficmagnet.com comes up 404 and whois shows me the record was updated yesterday which means that it probably hasn't had time to propagate. I thought the twiki obfuscated email addresses? Update - a little later the website starts to work. Interestingly enough, they have a toll free fax number in the US 1-877-520-8596. If I were in the US, I'd send them the complete 5000 page anti-spam manifesto. I am out of the country for the duration of the Bush administration. Please leave a message and I'll get back to you when democracy returns. Edited by tuberculosis Sept. 13, 2002, 03:46:40 AM EDT Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 06:41:24 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #51,615 by drewk 9/13/02 8:47:22 AM Reply	I'm all jealous and stuff I've been on there longer than most, and I haven't gotten any SPAM. === Microsoft offers them the one thing most business people will pay any price for - the ability to say "we had no choice - everyone's doing it that way." -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=38978\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #51,671 by kmself 9/13/02 3:43:29 PM Reply	TWiki doesn't obfuscate email addresses I argue against this for numerous reasons. I've got an address I've used since the mid 1990s. Yes, it gets spammed. And yes, the spam gets reported. But I also get email from people I want to hear from. I'd strongly suggest you get spam filtering either on your personal system or via your ISP. -- Karsten M. Self [link\|mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com\|kmself@ix.netcom.com] [link\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/\|[link\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/]] What part of "gestalt" don't you understand? [link\|http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/\|TWikIWETHEY] -- an experiment in collective intelligence. Stupidity. Whatever. Keep software free. Oppose the CBDTPA. Kill S.2048 dead. [link\|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html\|[link\|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html\|http://www.eff.org/...a_alert.html]]
Post #51,697 by tangaroa 9/13/02 8:05:39 PM Reply	trafficmagnet.net/PDHost They're one of the more aggressive/annoying spammers. I've tracked trafficmagnet.net as far as China, where they seem to be hosted at capitalnet.com.cn. I forget whether abuse@ bounced or not.
Post #51,719 by kmself 9/14/02 12:14:33 AM Reply	rfc-ignorant Try [link\|http://www.rfc-ignorant.org/\|www.rfc-ignorant.org]. You can build a command line query tool readily: `#!/bin/bash PATH=/bin:/usr/bin DOMAIN=$1 lynx --dump [link\|http://www.rfc-ignorant.org/tools/lookup.php?domain=${DOMAIN}\|http://www.rfc-igno...in=${DOMAIN}]` And the result is: [link\|http://www.rfc-ignorant.org/tools/lookup.php?domain=capitalnet.com.cn\|[link\|http://www.rfc-ignorant.org/tools/lookup.php?domain=capitalnet.com.cn\|http://www.rfc-igno...alnet.com.cn]]...appears ignorant. -- Karsten M. Self [link\|mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com\|kmself@ix.netcom.com] [link\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/\|[link\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/]] What part of "gestalt" don't you understand? [link\|http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/\|TWikIWETHEY] -- an experiment in collective intelligence. Stupidity. Whatever. Keep software free. Oppose the CBDTPA. Kill S.2048 dead. [link\|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html\|[link\|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html\|http://www.eff.org/...a_alert.html]]
Post #51,858 by orion 9/15/02 10:54:33 PM Reply	Re: TWIKI generated spam Now you see why I wanted to be able to use handles and alternative web emails on TWiki. They can send it to my throwaway Yahoo Webmail account, and I just clean out my "Bulk" folder every once in a while. *[link\|http://games.speakeasy.net/data/files/khan.jpg\|"Khan!!!" -Kirk]*

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