I did not submit a request to unsubscribe from mailman-users
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I received three unsubscribe confirmations over night. I did not initiate these. The source IP's resolve to India and Sri Lanka. Is it just me or is this happening to other subscribers?
-- Gary Kalbfleisch -- Director of Technology Support Services -- Shoreline Community College -- (206) 546-5813 -- (206) 546-6943 Fax
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- Kalbfleisch, Gary <GaryK@shoreline.edu>:
Not to me, but we're also seeing subscription requests that are reported as spam by the victims at yahoo.
-- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebrandt@charite.de Campus Benjamin Franklin http://www.charite.de Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT, Abt. Netzwerk fon: +49-30-450.570.155
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Sounds familiar. Please see the thread "Automated Subscription Bots Inundating List Owners With Subscription Requests" if you haven't already.
-- Gary Kalbfleisch -- Director of Technology Support Services -- Shoreline Community College -- (206) 546-5813 -- (206) 546-6943 Fax
-----Original Message----- From: Mailman-Users [mailto:mailman-users-bounces+garyk=shoreline.edu@python.org] On Behalf Of Ralf Hildebrandt Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 6:52 AM To: mailman-users@python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] I did not submit a request to unsubscribe from mailman-users
- Kalbfleisch, Gary <GaryK@shoreline.edu>:
Not to me, but we're also seeing subscription requests that are reported as spam by the victims at yahoo.
-- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebrandt@charite.de Campus Benjamin Franklin http://www.charite.de Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT, Abt. Netzwerk fon: +49-30-450.570.155
Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/garyk%40shoreline.edu
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Kalbfleisch, Gary wrote:
I get them all the time. More often they originate from email (probably spam sent to mailman-users-unsubscribe or mailman-users-leave and spoofing me in the From:). Only web initiated unsubscribes have a source IP in the confirmation.
-- Mark Sapiro <mark@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
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Hi,
We are certainly seeing a lot of subscription attempts in the last 2weeks, as if mailman lists are being actively targeted. Some lists have over 400 subscription attempts outstanding.
:/
regards
Steven Jones
Technical Specialist - Linux RHCE
Victoria University, Wellington, NZ
0064 4 463 6272
From: Mailman-Users [mailman-users-bounces+steven.jones=vuw.ac.nz@python.org] on behalf of Mark Sapiro [mark@msapiro.net] Sent: Wednesday, 31 October 2012 8:16 a.m. To: Kalbfleisch, Gary; mailman-users@python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] I did not submit a request to unsubscribe from mailman-users
Kalbfleisch, Gary wrote:
I get them all the time. More often they originate from email (probably spam sent to mailman-users-unsubscribe or mailman-users-leave and spoofing me in the From:). Only web initiated unsubscribes have a source IP in the confirmation.
-- Mark Sapiro <mark@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/steven.jones%40vuw.ac.n...
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- Steven Jones <Steven.Jones@vuw.ac.nz>:
Hi,
We are certainly seeing a lot of subscription attempts in the last 2weeks, as if mailman lists are being actively targeted. Some lists have over 400 subscription attempts outstanding.
Is there a simple way of seeing which lists still have outstanding requests?
-- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebrandt@charite.de Campus Benjamin Franklin http://www.charite.de Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT, Abt. Netzwerk fon: +49-30-450.570.155
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That appears at the bottom when you run the Mailman Daily Status Report using the mmdsr script. See <http://wiki.list.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=4030678> .
Kirke Johnson Internet: kjohnson@pcc.edu Email Administrator, TSS , Sylvania Campus Portland Community College, Portland, OR, USA (971) 722-4368
On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de> wrote:
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Kirke Johnson wrote:
In reply to:
The mmdsr report only shows and sumarises the held message files in Mailman's data/ directory. It also doesn't do all of them if the list is long.
See <http://www.msapiro.net/scripts/list_requests> for a script that lists all the outstanding held message, subscription and unsubscription requests by list and type.
-- Mark Sapiro <mark@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
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Exactly what I was looking for, thanks
Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebrandt@charite.de Campus Benjamin Franklin http://www.charite.de Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT, Abt. Netzwerk fon: +49-30-450.570.155
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- Kalbfleisch, Gary <GaryK@shoreline.edu>:
Not to me, but we're also seeing subscription requests that are reported as spam by the victims at yahoo.
-- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebrandt@charite.de Campus Benjamin Franklin http://www.charite.de Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT, Abt. Netzwerk fon: +49-30-450.570.155
![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3eda178188d9c58b579fba539f8f3e00.jpg?s=120&d=mm&r=g)
Sounds familiar. Please see the thread "Automated Subscription Bots Inundating List Owners With Subscription Requests" if you haven't already.
-- Gary Kalbfleisch -- Director of Technology Support Services -- Shoreline Community College -- (206) 546-5813 -- (206) 546-6943 Fax
-----Original Message----- From: Mailman-Users [mailto:mailman-users-bounces+garyk=shoreline.edu@python.org] On Behalf Of Ralf Hildebrandt Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 6:52 AM To: mailman-users@python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] I did not submit a request to unsubscribe from mailman-users
- Kalbfleisch, Gary <GaryK@shoreline.edu>:
Not to me, but we're also seeing subscription requests that are reported as spam by the victims at yahoo.
-- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebrandt@charite.de Campus Benjamin Franklin http://www.charite.de Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT, Abt. Netzwerk fon: +49-30-450.570.155
Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/garyk%40shoreline.edu
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Kalbfleisch, Gary wrote:
I get them all the time. More often they originate from email (probably spam sent to mailman-users-unsubscribe or mailman-users-leave and spoofing me in the From:). Only web initiated unsubscribes have a source IP in the confirmation.
-- Mark Sapiro <mark@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1351fb866e8d35cad87c69e8b4c378bd.jpg?s=120&d=mm&r=g)
Hi,
We are certainly seeing a lot of subscription attempts in the last 2weeks, as if mailman lists are being actively targeted. Some lists have over 400 subscription attempts outstanding.
:/
regards
Steven Jones
Technical Specialist - Linux RHCE
Victoria University, Wellington, NZ
0064 4 463 6272
From: Mailman-Users [mailman-users-bounces+steven.jones=vuw.ac.nz@python.org] on behalf of Mark Sapiro [mark@msapiro.net] Sent: Wednesday, 31 October 2012 8:16 a.m. To: Kalbfleisch, Gary; mailman-users@python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] I did not submit a request to unsubscribe from mailman-users
Kalbfleisch, Gary wrote:
I get them all the time. More often they originate from email (probably spam sent to mailman-users-unsubscribe or mailman-users-leave and spoofing me in the From:). Only web initiated unsubscribes have a source IP in the confirmation.
-- Mark Sapiro <mark@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/steven.jones%40vuw.ac.n...
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- Steven Jones <Steven.Jones@vuw.ac.nz>:
Hi,
We are certainly seeing a lot of subscription attempts in the last 2weeks, as if mailman lists are being actively targeted. Some lists have over 400 subscription attempts outstanding.
Is there a simple way of seeing which lists still have outstanding requests?
-- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebrandt@charite.de Campus Benjamin Franklin http://www.charite.de Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT, Abt. Netzwerk fon: +49-30-450.570.155
![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/561bdd3c5be33ef06e129e07b720e385.jpg?s=120&d=mm&r=g)
That appears at the bottom when you run the Mailman Daily Status Report using the mmdsr script. See <http://wiki.list.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=4030678> .
Kirke Johnson Internet: kjohnson@pcc.edu Email Administrator, TSS , Sylvania Campus Portland Community College, Portland, OR, USA (971) 722-4368
On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de> wrote:
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Kirke Johnson wrote:
In reply to:
The mmdsr report only shows and sumarises the held message files in Mailman's data/ directory. It also doesn't do all of them if the list is long.
See <http://www.msapiro.net/scripts/list_requests> for a script that lists all the outstanding held message, subscription and unsubscription requests by list and type.
-- Mark Sapiro <mark@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/267565c6ab7816fe29beedf9a9cbcd44.jpg?s=120&d=mm&r=g)
Exactly what I was looking for, thanks
Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebrandt@charite.de Campus Benjamin Franklin http://www.charite.de Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT, Abt. Netzwerk fon: +49-30-450.570.155
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Kalbfleisch, Gary
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Kirke Johnson
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Mark Sapiro
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Ralf Hildebrandt
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Steven Jones