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     Re: FWD: Outbound E-mail Problem   
     By: Marc Lewis to alt.bbs.synchronet on Tue Apr 08 2025 07:24 am   
      
    > From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet   
    >   
    > + User FidoNet address: 1:396/45   
    > * Forwarded (from: MYMAIL) by Marc Lewis using timEd/2 1.10.y2k+.   
    > * Originally from Marc Lewis (1:396/45) to Digital.Man@vert.synchro.net.   
    > * Original dated: Tue Apr 08, 06:57   
    >   
    > Hello Digital.Man!   
    >   
    >  Outbound E-mail Problem >   
    >   
    >  Dv> So can you fix your gateway to USENET alt.bbs.synchronet please?   
    >   
    >  Dv> Thank you,   
    >   
    >  > From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet   
    >   
    >  > + User FidoNet address: 1:396/4   
    >  > X-From: "MRO"    
    > [snip]   
    >   
    > This is a bogus message. It isn't possible for anyone to have address   
    > 1:396/4 - it's not open to the public and has no user interface. 1:396/4 is   
    > simply the address of the stand-alone NewsGate machine.  Anyone posting to   
    > the alt.bbs.synchronet newsgroup would have to post from a FidoNet address   
    > and be linked to my ALT-BBS-SYNCRHONET echo. There'd be a dead giveaway   
    > who's posting; their address would show up in the "+ User FidoNet address"   
    > kludge.   
    >   
    > This isn't the first time someone has tried to do this crap - it didn't come   
    > from here or I'd have a log of it and could cut that Node off straightaway.   
    > Feel free to post this to the newsgroup if you wish.   
    >   
    > Best regards,   
    > Marc   
    >   
    > Internet recipients: Your reply in plain-text will be appreciated.   
    > --   
    > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++   
    > + The FidoNet News Gate (Huntsville, AL - USA)        +   
    > + The views of this user are strictly his or her own. +   
    > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++   
    >   
    > ---   
    > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.   
    > https://www.avast.com/antivirus   
    >   
    > --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2   
      
   Your system appears to be echoing back to USENET some messages that it   
   receives *from* USENET. I have have about 50 example messages here in   
   alt.bbs.synchronet going back to 2024, here's the oldest example:   
      
   ------------------------------------- 8< --------------------------------------   
   Subj : Re: email relay error   
   To   : alt.bbs.synchronet   
   From : MRO (@p0.f4.n396.z1[ASC46]fidonet[.]org)   
   Date : Sat Feb 03 2024 05:04 am UTC   
      
   From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet   
      
   + User FidoNet address: 1:396/4   
   From: "MRO"    
      
     To: poindexter FORTRAN   
     Re: Re: email relay error   
     By: poindexter FORTRAN to Digital Man on Fri Feb 02 2024 06:29 am   
      
    >   
    > I thought they al gave up and opened outlook.com addresses - at least   
    > all of the spams I see look to come from Microsoft...   
    >   
    >   
      
   yeah, sure.   
   -+-   
      Synchronet   ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::   
   -+- Synchronet 3.20a-Linux NewsLink 1.114   
    *  Vertrauen - Riverside County, California - telnet://vert.synchro.net   
   --   
   +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++   
   + The FidoNet News Gate (Huntsville, AL - USA)        +   
   + The views of this user are strictly his or her own. +   
   +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++   
      
   -+-   
   This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.   
   https://www.avast.com/antivirus   
      
   -+- Synchronet 3.20a-Linux NewsLink 1.114   
   ------------------------------------- 8< --------------------------------------   
      
   Nothing about this appears "bogus". From the tag/origin lines, I see the   
   message was originally posted by MRO to Vertrauen which then exported it via   
   NNTP to alt.bbs.synchronet and then "The FidoNet News Gate" (isn't that your   
   system?) also exported the message back to alt.bbs.synchronet where it was   
   then re-imported back into Vertrauen, thus completing a dupe loop.   
      
   Do you need more examples?   
   --    
                                               digital man (rob)   
      
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   Just because you shot Jesse James, don't make you Jesse James. - M. Ehrmantraut   
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