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    From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to mark lewis on Wed Jun 8 20:37:44 2011
    Hello, mark.

    Wednesday June 08 2011 at 19:52, you wrote to Alexander Kalmykov:

    What?????

    There's been a lot of spam across Fidonet lately; I think someone is allowing unrestricted access via a website or something...

    Later,
    Sean

    ... The years teach what the days never know. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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  • From Gary Perkins@1:393/31 to Sean Dennis on Thu Jun 9 07:13:05 2011
    Re: Spam
    By: Sean Dennis to mark lewis on Wed Jun 08 2011 08:37 pm

    There's been a lot of spam across Fidonet lately; I think someone is allowing unrestricted access via a website or something...

    So far the only other spam I've seen is that Magizian dude. He's hit several Synchronet boards so far, and spammed on Dovenet; we've already discussed the need to block network messages for new users. Hopefully most boards have done so.

    Has anyone searched on Google with his real name? I forget it for the moment, but it's worth looking up. He's been busy...

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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Sean Dennis on Thu Jun 9 17:04:10 2011
    What?????

    There's been a lot of spam across Fidonet lately; I think someone is allowing unrestricted access via a website or something...

    Allowing unrestricted access via a website is one thing. Allowing it to enter the global FTN backbone is another. This is the route that the crap took:

    PATH2D: 5030/1492 1256 261/38 123/500 203/0 2

    261/38, that's Janis, no? Why does the Russian node 5030/1256 (operated by Yuri Baranov of St. Petersburg) connect directly to her system? Obviously with unrestricted access?

    Yes, true, internet has given us all an almost unlimited freedom in fidonet,
    but maybe we all should be a *little* bit more restrictive? Once upon a time the FTN connected systems were obliged to make sure that their downlinks had proper restrictions, so that nobody could write in an echo without proving they
    knew what postings were allowed in each and every echo.

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Gary Perkins on Thu Jun 9 11:57:22 2011
    Hello, Gary.

    Thursday June 09 2011 at 07:13, you wrote to me:

    Has anyone searched on Google with his real name? I forget it for the moment, but it's worth looking up. He's been busy...

    Are you able to get netmail on the board you're using? I know some Sync boards
    don't have netmail set up. I want to talk more about this, but not in the echo...trying to be good. <G>

    Later,
    Sean

    ... 64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday.
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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Björn Felten on Thu Jun 9 12:28:32 2011
    Hello, Björn.

    Thursday June 09 2011 at 17:04, you wrote to me:

    Allowing unrestricted access via a website is one thing. Allowing
    it to enter the global FTN backbone is another. This is the route that
    the crap took:

    I've responded in netmail. :)

    Later,
    Sean

    ... Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it. - Benjamin Franklin --- GoldED/2 3.0.1
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  • From Gary Perkins@1:393/31 to Sean Dennis on Thu Jun 9 15:55:14 2011
    Re: Spam
    By: Sean Dennis to Gary Perkins on Thu Jun 09 2011 11:57 am

    Has anyone searched on Google with his real name? I forget it for the moment, but it's worth looking up. He's been busy...

    Are you able to get netmail on the board you're using? I know some Sync boards don't have netmail set up. I want to talk more about this, but not in the echo...trying to be good. <G>

    I know I can send/receive from my uplink, so far as I know it's working. I'm still learning Fidonet...lol

    Send some my way, let me know if it bounces or if you don't hear from me for more than a usual amount of time.

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