Re: Formmail and spam attack

rename formmail to myformmail or something esoteric and also all
references
so it is not so easily found.


bob
RE-Data.com LLC


----- Original Message -----
From: "custom" <custom(at)desktoppub.com>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 11:33 AM
Subject: Formmail and spam attack


: This weekend I made the unpleasant discovery that a spammer was
: apparently using a formmail script on my client's site to send
out porno
: spam. Thousands of messages went out, all with my client's
return
: address.
:
: The tech folks at the hosting company said spammers can exploit
a
: weakness in formmail to launch their email. They recommended
upgrading my
: version (I had 1.9 and I found 1.92 at Matt's Script Archive).
:
: Has this happened to anyone here? Is the recommendation I
received
: sufficient or are there other steps I should take?
:
: John
:
: Custom Communications
: Web site design
: 145 Newbury St., 3rd Floor
: Portland, ME 04101
: (207) 771-5510
: www.desktoppub.com
:
:
:

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