More the latter than the former. Spamming seems to be a fantastic enterprise. I would seriously love to here a spammer speak about his craft. Then we could burn him at the stake.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 9:05 AM, John E. Kreznar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jek@ininx.com">jek@ininx.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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> So [recent configuration changes] made sgvlug server an open relay<br>
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So was it just bad luck that the spammers found that server so fast,<br>
or are their searches so intense that any open relay promptly gets<br>
found? Just curious.<br>
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