m2n@alpha.jpunix.com is down

17 Dec 2003

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	Now that I've posted that operating a mail2news gateway is a
minimal effort, the m2n at jpunix.com has been under a steady spam attack
for the past 72 hours. I fought it all day yesterday and came in this
morning to find that the spammer had just moved to a different ISP and
started spamming again. I have no choice but to shut down the m2n for now
in order to stop the spam. If anyone is interested the body of the spam
looks like this:

Subject: Publicity agents are fun!

Hoping you'll have a superly-NICE
nite, a FUN day tomorrow, and the
most excellent TIMES forever more.

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	Of course everyone on USEnet is blaming jpunix.com for the SPAM
but I knew that would happen when I first started the m2n. Anyway here's
hoping that the spammer will get tired and move on and then I'll be able
to start it back up.

 John Perry KG5RG perry@alpha.jpunix.com PGP-encrypted e-mail welcome!
 Amateur Radio Address: kg5rg@kg5rg.ampr.org
 WWW - http://www.jpunix.com
 PGP 2.62 key for perry@jpunix.com is on the keyservers.

m2n@alpha.jpunix.com is down

John A. Perry