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Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>My day started with welcoming agmKHzyPT1wK_sLBlBs0KzXZt_18274@skapet.bsdly.net to the imaginary friends population at <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.sh</span><span class="invisible">tml</span></a>, this one generated by whatever runs the service check@taknc.com, hosted in AS134963 (Alibaba) address space.</p><p>How is your day going?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smtp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smtp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antispam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antispam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greytrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greytrapping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Welcome new imaginary friends glenn.finch@bsdly.net and stewart.ashton@bsdly.net to the cast of millions at <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.sh</span><span class="invisible">tml</span></a> (served up to us today by mxtest@serverscannerpro.com and mxtest@emailengineexpert.com, respectively). </p><p>My favorite new imaginary friend (aka spamtrap) today was however Noreplyadmin@bsdly.net, a faked sender address.</p><p>Logs for the interested at <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/blogpix/new_imaginary_friends_20250306.txt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/blogpix/new</span><span class="invisible">_imaginary_friends_20250306.txt</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamtraps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamtraps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greytrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greytrapping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/imaginaryfriends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imaginaryfriends</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antispam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antispam</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Despite our efforts (such as those described in <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/spammers_believe_in_300k_imaginary_friends.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/spammers_be</span><span class="invisible">lieve_in_300k_imaginary_friends.html</span></a> btw that number rolled past 3 million some time back), *some* <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spam</span></a> will occasionally make it all the way through to an inbox and to be read by a person. </p><p>Today I offer a prime sample: <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/blogpix/20250227_keelygz@vip.126.com_root@skapet.bsdly.net_Conditioner_etc._Inquiry.txt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/blogpix/202</span><span class="invisible">50227_keelygz@vip.126.com_root@skapet.bsdly.net_Conditioner_etc._Inquiry.txt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamtraps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamtraps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smtp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smtp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greytrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greytrapping</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Still teasing and mulling a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greytrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greytrapping</span></a> with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamd</span></a> retrospective, so perhaps reprising "Maintaining A Publicly Available Blacklist - Mechanisms And Principles" (2013) <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/maintaining_a_publicly_available.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/maintaining</span><span class="invisible">_a_publicly_available.html</span></a> might spur some inspiring comments?</p><p>I look forward to hearing your thoughts. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smtp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smtp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antispam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antispam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Even though the "Hey, spammer! Here's a list for you!" article <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/hey_spammer_heres_a_list_for_you.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/hey_spammer</span><span class="invisible">_heres_a_list_for_you.html</span></a> was only posted in July of that year, I'm fairly confident that today is very close to the 18th birthday of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greytrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greytrapping</span></a> based <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blocklist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blocklist</span></a> I host at <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.sh</span><span class="invisible">tml</span></a>. Perhaps a restrospective of the "has it been worth the effort?" kind is in order soonish.</p><p>Is an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamd</span></a> retrospective wanted?</p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>And ref previous toot, the 1006089th imaginary friend to join the collection at <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.sh</span><span class="invisible">tml</span></a> is , mail.protection.outlook.com@bsdly.net following this sequence: <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/blogpix/2025-01_18_johnson@vicglobalintelligence.com_to_mail.protection.outlook.com@bsdly.net.txt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/blogpix/202</span><span class="invisible">5-01_18_johnson@vicglobalintelligence.com_to_mail.protection.outlook.com@bsdly.net.txt</span></a> </p><p>The bots never cease to amaze <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greytrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greytrapping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antispam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antispam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a></p><p>And the two episodes combined proved addendum-worty, at least, see <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/harvesting_the_noise_revisited.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/harvesting_</span><span class="invisible">the_noise_revisited.html</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Likely not blogworthy in itself, but <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamd</span></a> aficionados will get a light chuckle from hearing that some scraping and massaging relevant logs had the number of imaginary friends at <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.sh</span><span class="invisible">tml</span></a> for our not-friends to play with roll past the one million mark in the early hours of today CET. </p><p>The recent update of <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/harvesting_the_noise_revisited.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/harvesting_</span><span class="invisible">the_noise_revisited.html</span></a> has links to more info. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antispam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antispam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greytrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greytrapping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blocklists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blocklists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>An update on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/green" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>green</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prevention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prevention</span></a>: "Harvesting the Noise While it's Fresh, Revisited" <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/harvesting_the_noise_revisited.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/harvesting_</span><span class="invisible">the_noise_revisited.html</span></a> (tracked, prettified <a href="https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/12/that-grumpy-bsd-guy-harvesting-noise.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/12/tha</span><span class="invisible">t-grumpy-bsd-guy-harvesting-noise.html</span></a>) now has an update about harvesting even more useful data from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamd</span></a> log file noise.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antispam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antispam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greytrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greytrapping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greencomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greencomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smtp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smtp</span></a></p><p>Edit: per year statistics link now functional</p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>I was reminded that the old "Effective Spam and Malware Countermeasures - Network Noise Reduction Using Free Tools" <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/effective_spam_and_malware_countermeasures.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/effective_s</span><span class="invisible">pam_and_malware_countermeasures.html</span></a> (a somewhat overweight article/blogpost) might still be worth your time if you are that kind of person <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antispam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antispam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greylisting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greylisting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greytrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greytrapping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freebsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libresoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libresoftware</span></a> (if nothing else for the references to other items of interest)</p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Already somewhat blasé from life in the honeypots, yours truly registers an even more bizarre level of events after a some routine logs spelunking</p><p>Read on in "A Suitably Bizarre Start of the Year 2025" <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/suitably_bizarre_start_of_the_year_2025.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/suitably_bi</span><span class="invisible">zarre_start_of_the_year_2025.html</span></a> (or <a href="https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-suitably-bizarre-start-of-year-2025.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-s</span><span class="invisible">uitably-bizarre-start-of-year-2025.html</span></a>) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamtraps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamtraps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greytrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greytrapping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SMTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SMTP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/relaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>relaying</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antispam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antispam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/network" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>network</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a> #2025 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yearofcrazy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yearofcrazy</span></a></p><p>A *new* byproduct of the silliness: Spamtraps added per year (growth since records started): <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/spamtraps-per-year.txt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/spamtraps-p</span><span class="invisible">er-year.txt</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>A Suitably Bizarre Start of the Year 2025 <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/suitably_bizarre_start_of_the_year_2025.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/suitably_bi</span><span class="invisible">zarre_start_of_the_year_2025.html</span></a> (also <a href="https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-suitably-bizarre-start-of-year-2025.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-s</span><span class="invisible">uitably-bizarre-start-of-year-2025.html</span></a>) </p><p>Already somewhat blasé from life in the honeypots, yours truly registers an even more bizarre level of events after a some routine logs spelunking </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamtraps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamtraps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greytrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greytrapping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SMTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SMTP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/relaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>relaying</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antispam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antispam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/network" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>network</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a> #2025 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yearofcrazy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yearofcrazy</span></a></p><p>*Bonus EDIT* for CET morning crowd: Spamtraps added per year (growth since records started): <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/spamtraps-per-year.txt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/spamtraps-p</span><span class="invisible">er-year.txt</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>I can report that it actually rolled past 400,000 this Tuesday. </p><p>Fun or interesting in its own way, but not quite blogworthy. The sentiments expressed in the article about the 300,000 mark are still valid, though.</p><p>See <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.sh</span><span class="invisible">tml</span></a> for latest updates. 408357 and counting.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamtraps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamtraps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greytrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greytrapping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/traplist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>traplist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>The joys of running your own <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mail</span></a> system: Seeing that mailer-daemon@ and root@ for specific hosts along with postmaster@ and even hostmaster@ for all domains now included in bottom-feeders' spamto: lists <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smtp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smtp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spam</span></a> (and of course seeing that for a brief time, the number of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamtraps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamtraps</span></a> collected for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greytrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greytrapping</span></a> was a palindromic number, <a href="https://www.nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.sh</span><span class="invisible">tml</span></a>)</p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>You do not in fact have to do active <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greytrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greytrapping</span></a> in order to benefit from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamd</span></a> on either OpenBSD or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a>. </p><p>You can get a lot of traction out of very simple setups, as detailed in 'Three Minimalist spamd Configurations for Your Spam Fighting Needs (With Bonus Points at the End)', <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/minimalist_spamd_configs.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/minimalist_</span><span class="invisible">spamd_configs.html</span></a> or with trackers <a href="https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2024/01/three-minimalist-spamd-configurations.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsdly.blogspot.com/2024/01/thr</span><span class="invisible">ee-minimalist-spamd-configurations.html</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Three Minimalist spamd(8) Configurations for Your Spam Fighting Needs (With Bonus Points at the End) <a href="https://www.nxdomain.no/~peter/minimalist_spamd_configs.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/minimalist_</span><span class="invisible">spamd_configs.html</span></a> (tracked <a href="https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2024/01/three-minimalist-spamd-configurations.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsdly.blogspot.com/2024/01/thr</span><span class="invisible">ee-minimalist-spamd-configurations.html</span></a>) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamfighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamfighting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SMTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SMTP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blocklisting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blocklisting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blacklisting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blacklisting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greylisting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greylisting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greytrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greytrapping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/minmalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minmalist</span></a> [Reprise, in case you missed this earlier]</p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>[Again for the morning CETish crowd] Three Minimalist spamd Configurations for Your Spam Fighting Needs (With Bonus Points at the End) <a href="https://www.nxdomain.no/~peter/minimalist_spamd_configs.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/minimalist_</span><span class="invisible">spamd_configs.html</span></a> (tracked <a href="https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2024/01/three-minimalist-spamd-configurations.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsdly.blogspot.com/2024/01/thr</span><span class="invisible">ee-minimalist-spamd-configurations.html</span></a>) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamfighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamfighting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SMTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SMTP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blocklisting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blocklisting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blacklisting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blacklisting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greylisting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greylisting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greytrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greytrapping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/minmalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minmalist</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Three Minimalist spamd Configurations for Your Spam Fighting Needs (With Bonus Points at the End) <a href="https://www.nxdomain.no/~peter/minimalist_spamd_configs.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/minimalist_</span><span class="invisible">spamd_configs.html</span></a> (tracked <a href="https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2024/01/three-minimalist-spamd-configurations.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsdly.blogspot.com/2024/01/thr</span><span class="invisible">ee-minimalist-spamd-configurations.html</span></a>) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamfighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamfighting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SMTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SMTP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blocklisting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blocklisting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blacklisting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blacklisting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greylisting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greylisting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greytrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greytrapping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Repost for the CET-ish morning crowd (and elsewhere) - A Simpler Life: Trapping Spambots Based on Target Domain Only <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/domain-only-trapping.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/domain-only</span><span class="invisible">-trapping.html</span></a> (tracked <a href="https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-simpler-life-trapping-spambots-based.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsdly.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-s</span><span class="invisible">impler-life-trapping-spambots-based.html</span></a>) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamd</span></a>.alloweddomains <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greytrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greytrapping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamtraps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamtraps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blocklists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blocklists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antispam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antispam</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>A Simpler Life: Trapping Spambots Based on Target Domain Only <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/domain-only-trapping.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/domain-only</span><span class="invisible">-trapping.html</span></a> (tracked <a href="https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-simpler-life-trapping-spambots-based.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsdly.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-s</span><span class="invisible">impler-life-trapping-spambots-based.html</span></a>) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamd</span></a>.alloweddomains <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greytrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greytrapping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamtraps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamtraps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blocklists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blocklists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antispam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antispam</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Who is John Dorian Cox? It appears a "mail verification service" places him in several of our domains. Thanks for the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamtraps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamtraps</span></a>, whoever you are! See recent entries at <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.sh</span><span class="invisible">tml</span></a> and references therein, also <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/harvesting_the_noise_revisited.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/harvesting_</span><span class="invisible">the_noise_revisited.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greytrapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greytrapping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spamd</span></a></p>
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