Hotmail porn spam

[Alex Neuman]

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Johnny Stork <lists at openenterprise.ca>wrote:

>  I have seen a significant increase in porn spam coming from mostly
> hotmail accounts and it is getting through 3 different spam detection
> systems right now!!
>

You don't mention if the e-mail actually comes from Hotmail accounts or if
it's spoofed hotmail addresses.


>
>
> I run ASSP on my remote server, then mail is pushed through mailscanner,
> and then through Astaro Secure Gateway!!! How is this possible?
>

Well, you start by installing ASSP on the remote server, then you install
MailScanner on the second server, and then have the Astaro Secure Gateway
process the message at the end. That's how it's possible.


>
> Anyway, is there something I can post here that might help in trying to
> find a solution (other than blocking all hotmail messages)
>

Yes. You can post everything in pastebin and have it expire.


>
> I am reluctant to post the entire header since there is a great deal of
> identifying info on my servers.
>

You should be able to obscure the information enough to be able to paste
something onto a pastebin page and send it to the list.


>
> Ideas?
>

Anything at this point would be purely guessing. My bet is on an overly
permissive whitelist.


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