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                               Blackhole network
                                        
Blue Yonder [1] has either ignored me and doesn't care [2], or the system
that keeps spamming me [3] is so infected with virii that nothing short of
cutting the network cable will stop it.

Their spam via my backup MX (Mail eXchange) host has stopped, as Rob
(previous roommate and sysadmin of my backup MX host) has blocked the IP
(Internet Protocol) address 82.38.57.25, so now I'm blocking that address on
my primary MX host.

The only thing I have to decide is if I want to “reject” the packets (which
sends back notification that a connection isn't wanted) or “deny” (which
silently drops the packets with nary a word as to why causing the sending
side to keep trying and trying … )

Decisions … decisions … 

[I ended up doing a “deny,” in the hopes of tying up the box and keeping it
busy doing nothing.]

[1] http://www.blueyonder.co.uk/
[2] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2004/11/30.1
[3] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2004/11/27.1

Email author at sean@conman.org

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