[e-lang] Uptick in spam?

[Dan Bornstein]

On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Kevin Reid <kpreid at switchb.org> wrote:
> On Apr 9, 2011, at 17:21, Dan Bornstein wrote:
>> I've noticed a huge uptick recently in the amount of spam I receive
>> that purports to be from this mailing list. I *think* the mail is in
>> fact being delivered through the list but am not sure. Is anyone else
>> seeing this?
>
> According to my mail trash, I have not seen any spam from e-lang for
> the last month. However, my mail delivery has two layers of opaque-to-
> me spam-filtering service (most visibly graylisting, but that's not
> relevant to this case).
>
> Does your spam have the [e-lang] subject prefix

Yes.

> and does it pass
> through www.eros-os.com immediately before your mail host according to
> the Received headers?

Yes. See below for an example set of Received headers.

-dan

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Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196])
        by mx.google.com with ESMTP id mv26si11758678ibb.54.2011.04.09.14.18.42;
        Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:18:42 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1946)
	id 1BBED1A3C39; Sat,  9 Apr 2011 14:18:42 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from www.eros-os.com (www.eros-os.com [173.160.184.69])
	by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B57351A3C39
	for <danfuzz at milk.com>; Sat,  9 Apr 2011 14:18:41 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from www.eros-os.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])
	by www.eros-os.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p3A2EkQn024566;
	Sat, 9 Apr 2011 19:15:00 -0700
Received: from brasiltelecom.net.br
	(201-88-247-195.cbace701.dsl.brasiltelecom.net.br [201.88.247.195])
	by www.eros-os.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p3A2EaES024465;
	Sat, 9 Apr 2011 19:14:37 -0700
Received: from  201.88.247.195 (account <e-lang at eros-os.com>,
	<shap at eros-os.com>, <eros-port at eros-os.com> HELO eros-os.com)
	by eros-os.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.3)
	with ESMTPA id 139685164 for <e-lang at eros-os.com>;
	Sat, 9 Apr 2011 18:17:04 -0300