Re: [cobalt-users] New FormMail script

[Surfbaud <error404@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 08:25 25/04/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> Hello (my first post...busy list!)
>
>
> Jeff Lasman wrote:
>
> > FormMail.pl v.1.91s is available by anonymous ftp at ftp.nobaloney.net;
> > it's probably using the same security as 1.92.  It's never been reported
> > as breached.
> >
> > It runs fine in our RaQs, and no one's ever reported to us any problems
> > in using it.  It runs as a .pl file wihtout difficulty.
>
>
> I thought the same thing about formmail.pl 1.92, then got slammed with
> someone abusing it about 2 weeks ago. They managed to send 20,000 emails
> in just about 5 hours on a Sat. Good thing I logged in and caught it.
> The return emails have just finally stopped coming in and I'm on Yahoo's
> blacklist for sure. What a mess.


Matt's scripts are crap, policy here is they are banned, uploading them to 
your account leads to instant termination... this may be why jeff's posts 
are filtered out by my spam software, perhaps he got caught
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