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Bugtraq archives for 3rd quarter (Jul-Aug) 1995: HP bomb barded my email with it FAQ (fwd)

HP bomb barded my email with it FAQ (fwd)

Dr. Frederick B. Cohen (fcall.net)
Wed, 19 Jul 1995 23:20:05 -0400 

Forwarded message:
> From firewalls-ownerGreatCircle.COM Wed Jul 19 22:37:13 1995
> From: Douglas Ramsey <dramseyus.DHL.COM>
> Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 18:34:58 -0700
> Message-Id: <9507191834.ZM22803xrsaexp.us.dhl.com>
> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.2.0 06sep94)
> To: firewallsgreatcircle.com
> Subject: HP bomb barded my email with it FAQ
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> Sender: firewalls-ownerGreatCircle.COM
> Precedence: bulk
>
> HP has bomb barded my email with it FAQ. They sent me 500+ FAQ every two
> minutes.
> The problem was an 100 Meg file in my email account and another 1.5 Gigs worth
> of data
> out side the firewall. Needless to say we cut it off and shipped it to
> /dev/null. The problem is
> I am now getting email from people that are not sending the mail to me, this
> includes many
> news groups and the like. We have been tracing down all the route tables that
> could have been
> hosed. As of yet we have not found anything that suggests what is wrong.
> Another side effect is
> that a friend of mine is being sent some of this misguided mail from our
> gateway. If anyone has
> seen this problem before and know of an answer, please let me know.
>
> Thanks
>
> --

Thought bugtraq might be the right place for this.

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