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From: Simon White (simon_at_mtds.com)
Date: Mon Feb 03 2003 - 02:28:31 CST

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    02-Feb-03 at 14:37, Luc Brouard (mailing-listsslortar.net) wrote :
    > On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 01:25:52PM +0000, Simon White wrote:
    > > caramail.com is a francophone freemail provider. Lately, they have been
    > > having enormous problems, look at this from midweek this week:
    > >
    > > smtp delivery failures
    > > ----------------------
    > > connection refused
    > > 116 m6.caramail.com
    > > 113 m11.caramail.com
    > > connection timed out
    > > 130 m16.caramail.com
    > > 125 m15.caramail.com
    > > 123 m18.caramail.com
    >
    > Indeed since the sql worm last week their smtp servers have been down up
    > to thrusday I guess.
    >
    > They are up again now.
    > And before their move to postfix around july last year it was close to
    > impossible to have something delivered there ...

    Sadly, Postfix seems to be the only strong link in a weak chain, because
    they often have problems with their web interface. I guess it's tough to
    go up against Hotmail and Yahoo with much less money, but maybe they
    need a good look at their architecture too...

    -- 
    [Simon White. vim/mutt. simonmtds.com. Foldinghome no log script yet...]
    What steps could I follow to prevent the [exploitable Microsoft ActiveX]
    control from being silently re-introduced onto my system?  
    The simplest way is to make sure you have no trusted publishers,
    including Microsoft. -- Security Bulletin MS02-065