John, Your explaination is appreciated!! Sorry that I was looking over the mole hill at a mountain for an explaination here. And, the posting count difference is explained by the infected computer sending out new list infected E-mail every time their computer was restarted. Thank you, Art >From: John Lyon <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: LISTSERV list owners' forum <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Daily Monitoring Error Report- "Errors invalid"!! >Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 11:21:16 -0500 > > > Listmembers, > > > > List related ID, and E-mail > > addresses have been altered below. > > Looking for reasonable explaination regarding "Daily Monitoring Error > > Report" issued at 00:00:03, Dec. 15/03. > > > > Err First Last Address > > --- ----- ----- ------- > > 1 12/14 12/14 [log in to unmask] > > Last error: 550 Host 'EMAIL2ME.COMMAIL.COM' Unknown > > > > My List is running on Listserv TCP/IP VM ver. 1.8D under CMC > > (CMSprog=X'16'). > > > > There were absolutely "NO" List postings between 12/12/03 at 16:34, and > > > > 12/15/03 at 05:20. > > > > "NO" subscriber from "COMMAIL.COM" domain has ever been a List member. >"NO" > > 5LUVVFUJ@*.* has ever been a List member. The "COMMAIL.COM" domain has >been > > blacklisted in several databases. > > > > List Header: > > > > PUT XXXXXX LIST PW=XXXXXXXXXX > > * NNNNN MMMMMMM OOOOO > > * .HH ON > > * Owner= [log in to unmask] > > * Owner= quiet: [log in to unmask] (BBBBB CCCCCC) > > * Owner= [log in to unmask] (XVVVV XDDDD) > > * Attachments= No,Filter > > * Auto-Delete= Yes,Full-Auto > > * Daily-Threshold= 100,8 > > * Default-Options= Repro,Subjecthdr > > * Default-Topics= OTHER > > * Digest= Yes,Same,Daily,22 > > * Editor= [log in to unmask] > > * Editor-Header= No > > * Errors-To= Owner > > * Files= No > > * Language= NoHTML > > * Mail-Via= Distribute > > * Notebook= Yes,n,Weekly,Owner > > * Notify= Yes > > * Reply-To= List,Respect > > * Review= Owner > > * Send= (LIST NAME) > > * SizeLim= 150 > > * Stats= Normal,Owner > > * Subject-Tag= XXXXX > > * Subscription= By Owner > > * Topics= ZZZZX,TEST > > * Validate= No > > * .HH OFF > > > > My concern here is how and why is this error being generated through my > > host mail server and Listserv?? > >1. Spammer sends message to the xxx list with a non-existent From: >2. LISTSERV responds with "you are not allowed to post to this list" >3. Non-existent address bounces. >4. Since the message and response was for the xxx list, LISTSERV records > the fatal bounce for xxx list. > _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/features&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca