[sf-lug] poorly written software, etc. [Re: junkemailfilter.com claimed that linuxmafia.com is a 'virus' site]

[Michael Paoli]

Maybe I wish I could say it never ceases to amaze me,
but alas, yes, far too often, very poorly written software
services, etc.  Such tends to be quite, and repeatedly
annoying - even if it's not the same specific offenders,
it's generally the same stupidity over and over again.
So, ... are such stupid filters going to block
archive.org, because, oh my gosh, they might've archived
something some filter doesn't like?

Nannygate, ... ugh.  Brings to mind:

o/~ "Hush now, baby, baby, don't you cry
Mama's gonna make all of your nightmares come true
Mama's gonna put all of her fears into you
Mama's gonna keep you right here under her wing
She won't let you fly but she might let you sing
Mama's gonna keep baby cozy and warm" o/~


> From: "Rick Moen" <rick at linuxmafia.com>
> Subject: [sf-lug] junkemailfilter.com claimed that linuxmafia.com is  
> a 'virus' site
> Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2016 16:17:31 -0700

> So, Jim's at well.com, that uses outsourced vetting of mail using
> external site junkemailfilter.com .  And recently it decided to
> start refusing all mail from linuxmafia.com's IP address,
> 198.144.195.186.
>
> http://ipadmin.junkemailfilter.com/remove.php yields this detail:
>
>   /ip-log/karma.log.03:virus 198.144.195.186 linuxmafia.com NOTQUIT [S=4 -
>   FakeMX NoQuit] X=tarbaby2 H=linuxmafia.com [198.144.195.186]
>   HELO=[linuxmafia.com] SN=[skeptic-bounces at linuxmafia.com]
>
> ...and I'm pretty sure I know where this noise comes from.  Until
> recently, I hosted on linuxmafia.com a collection for _study_ of
> MS-Windows malware that was current a couple of decades ago, every one
> of which had been rendered safe through measures that included giving
> them all .txt filename extensions.  Recently a couple of automated
> malware-checking sites stumbled on the archive.  I removed the archive
> (sorry, no more security study), and have been chasing down the places
> that blacklisted my IP.
>
> More at:
> http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/conspire/2016-September/008583.html
> http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/conspire/2016-September/008584.html
>
> I've just now gotten 198.144.195.186 whitelisted at junkemailfilter.com .