Re: [FreeDNS] Flooding

["David du Toit" <DUTOITDZ@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

I will be out of the office / on leave until 2000-12-18. 

Per Klotzsch is standing in for me and can be contacted telephonically
on  (012) 529-7203.

Regards

David du Toit

>>> "freedns@xxxxxx" 12/15/00 05:53 >>>

Hello all. Unfortunately, by sending this out, I know it will flood the
mail
server even more, but at least I know people will see this message. I
have
Blind Carbon Copied it to everyone that I have seen using the FreeDNS
list
since I subscribed to it; if you have unsubscribed, I apologize for the
inconvenience. Please, if there is someone you personally know who is
using
the ZANET mailing list, forward this to them.

Apparently Mr DuToit is using an autoresponder to make sure people know
he
is away. This means that every time his mail server sees a message (his
own
included), it replies to it. This means messages are coming out from his
server exponentially, and soon it will be sending out messages 100 MB
and
over in size (at which point it will hopefully crash :). I suggest that
if
you are using Microsoft Outlook Express 4 or above, you create a set of
message rules. Instructions are as follows:

Click Tools -> Message Rules -> Blocked Senders List -> Add ->
"DUTOITDZ@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Block the following: mail messages only).
Alternatively, either block everything sent to freedns@xxxxxx (you will
not
see any more messages from the mailing list until you remove this block
however), and / or unsubscribe from the mailing list (be aware that
because
the ZANET mail server is blowing out all these emails, it may not be
able to
process your request for a very long time :). When Mr DuToit returns, he
can
sort out the horrendous pile of shit he's left behind.

If you are using another email client (such as Eudora, PINE, The Bat!,
Agent, etc), or webmail, then I'm afraid I can't help you off the top of
my
head, as I don't use them <sheepish grin>. Search your help file or
manual
for instructions on adding a Kill Filter, and do the necessary.

I am sure many people will have already contacted ZANET and yelled at
them
(I am sorely tempted to do so myself); do the above and wait patiently.

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