[lug] Warning about RTENet.com

[D. Stimits]

Sean Reifschneider wrote:
> 
> Apparently RTENet.com is some sort of ISP in Colorado (down by Castle Rock
> it seems).  I've just received over 800 e-mail messages from one of the
> domains they host over they last hour.  I got ahold of somone there and
> they said there wasn't anything they could do because they're not right
> by the servers right now.  Glad to seethe RTENet folks are right on top
> of it.
> 
> Seems like they're doing that "send mail to a bunch of possible account
> names at various domain names hoping that you hit some accounts that
> otherwise don't get any spam.  Unfortunately, they're using a bunch of
> different relays so I can't just block the host that's sending it.  I
> think I've finally got them all blocked though.  They're using randomly
> generated names at random but valid domains as the from address.
> 
> Anyway, if anyone wants to get service through a place that doesn't care
> that they've got a big target on their site for getting a serious denial
> of service attack done against them if it's out of business hours, use
> RTENet.  If, however, you want service from a comany that is likely to
> actually deal with things in a timely manner, try going anywhere else.
> 
> Enjoy,
> Sean
> --
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> Sean Reifschneider, Inimitably Superfluous <jafo at tummy.com>
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Report them for DOS attack :>