The issue of Spam in 98 General

[Guest Dan]

I noticed how a lot of are spam recently seems to be coming from the Windows

98 banter newsgroup. I wonder why that is and does anyone know why it is

particularly just mainly from this newsgroup recently?

[Guest Don Phillipson]

Re: The issue of Spam in 98 General

 

"Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:A8A4F7A6-846D-487B-864A-5A6C8B9F7E46@microsoft.com...

> I noticed how a lot of are spam recently seems to be coming from the

Windows

> 98 banter newsgroup. I wonder why that is and does anyone know why it is

> particularly just mainly from this newsgroup recently?

 

Number and type of recent spam in this NG seems much the

same as in other MS public NGs e.g. for WinXP.

 

--

Don Phillipson

Carlsbad Springs

(Ottawa, Canada)

[Guest 98 Guy]

Re: The issue of Spam in 98 General

 

Don Phillipson wrote:

>

> "Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>

> > I noticed how a lot of are spam recently seems to be coming

> > from the Windows 98 banter newsgroup.

 

You mean the "Windows 98 Banter" server.

> > I wonder why that is and does anyone know why it is

> > particularly just mainly from this newsgroup recently?

>

> Number and type of recent spam in this NG seems much the

> same as in other MS public NGs e.g. for WinXP.

 

The spam you see here (or don't see here) is a function of how well the

server you are using can filter it.

 

I see very little of the spam you people are talking about, because the

AIOE server is running software that is looking for and killing the

spam.

 

The only time I see spam is when someone else replies to it to make some

inane comment or warning to the sender.

[Guest Dan]

Re: The issue of Spam in 98 General

 

Yes that is what I meant and thank you for the response and correction 98 Guy

and you too of course Don.

 

"98 Guy" wrote:

> Don Phillipson wrote:

> >

> > "Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> >

> > > I noticed how a lot of are spam recently seems to be coming

> > > from the Windows 98 banter newsgroup.

>

> You mean the "Windows 98 Banter" server.

>

> > > I wonder why that is and does anyone know why it is

> > > particularly just mainly from this newsgroup recently?

> >

> > Number and type of recent spam in this NG seems much the

> > same as in other MS public NGs e.g. for WinXP.

>

> The spam you see here (or don't see here) is a function of how well the

> server you are using can filter it.

>

> I see very little of the spam you people are talking about, because the

> AIOE server is running software that is looking for and killing the

> spam.

>

> The only time I see spam is when someone else replies to it to make some

> inane comment or warning to the sender.

>

[Guest 98 Guy]

Re: The issue of Spam in 98 General

 

Dan wrote:

> I noticed how a lot of are spam recently seems to be coming from

> the Windows 98 banter newsgroup.

 

Upon more examination, it seems that win98banter allows people to post

to usenet (perhaps only to certain microsoft.* groups) and it does it

via Microsoft's own servers.

 

In all such cases, you will see the machine "mrstrans" in the path. The

machine's full name is msrtrans.research.microsoft.com (131.107.151.145

- which apparently has no rDNS).

 

This page:

http://www.securityoffice.net/mssecrets/data/131-107-65.html

 

identifies mrstrans as a general purpose server (ftp, SMTP, NNTP, etc).

 

The administrators of the Microsoft usenet servers should be made aware

of the abuse of their mrstrans machine by those accessing it from the

win98banter.com web interface.