Fw: open relays at Earthlink

Mon Aug 17 15:27:48 UTC 1998

I received this spam this morning.  As of 6:41am, it wasn't fixed.  I didn't
test it *right* before I sent the e-mail, but I really didn't have a reason
to assume it had been fixed between 6:40 and 10am (when I sent my original
post..), considering that I have been e-mailing them for over a week now and
nothing has been done.

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--Adam
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Adam D. McKenna
adam at flounder.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Sam Hayes Merritt, III <harter at feeding.frenzy.com>
To: Adam D. McKenna <adam at flounder.net>
Cc: nanog at merit.edu <nanog at merit.edu>
Date: Monday, August 17, 1998 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: open relays at Earthlink

On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, Adam D. McKenna wrote:

> Earthlink has the following open mail relays:
> gull.prod.itd.earthlink.net

feeding: {13} rly2 gull.prod.itd.earthlink.net
Connecting to gull.prod.itd.earthlink.net ...
<<< 220 gull.prod.itd.earthlink.net ESMTP Sendmail 8.8.7/8.8.5; Mon, 17
    Aug 1998 07:58:06 -0700 (PDT)
>>> HELO feeding.frenzy.com
<<< 250 gull.prod.itd.earthlink.net Hello feeding.frenzy.com
    [209.198.128.35], pleased to meet you
>>> MAIL FROM:<sam_merritt at hotmail.com>
<<< 250 <sam_merritt at hotmail.com>... Sender ok
>>> RCPT TO:<harter at feeding.frenzy.com>
<<< 550 <harter at feeding.frenzy.com>... Relaying Denied
rly2: relay rejected - final response code 550

> snipe.prod.itd.earthlink.net

feeding: {17} rly2 snipe.prod.itd.earthlink.net
Connecting to snipe.prod.itd.earthlink.net ...
<<< 220 snipe.prod.itd.earthlink.net ESMTP Sendmail 8.8.7/8.8.5; Mon, 17
    Aug 1998 08:00:04 -0700 (PDT)
>>> HELO feeding.frenzy.com
<<< 250 snipe.prod.itd.earthlink.net Hello feeding.frenzy.com
    [209.198.128.35], pleased to meet you
>>> MAIL FROM:<sam_merritt at hotmail.com>
<<< 250 <sam_merritt at hotmail.com>... Sender ok
>>> RCPT TO:<harter at feeding.frenzy.com>
<<< 550 <harter at feeding.frenzy.com>... Relaying Denied
rly2: relay rejected - final response code 550

> I know this because I have been getting spammed by someone using them for
> the past week.  I have tried e-mailing abuse at earthlink.net several times
and
> have received no response.

> I'm hoping a clueful Earthlink admin will see this post and take the
> appropriate action.  If not, then maybe Earthlink should be "nominated"
for
> RBL.

They must have fixed it (or you didn't test it). Lets not be too hasty.

Sam