Thread: Email from infotecnica.com.br
Hi all, I just posted to -performance and I received the following email from postmaster at infotecnica.com.br: "The email message sent to pgsql-performance at postgresql.org requires a confirmation to be delivered. Please, answer this email informing the characters that you see in the image below." followed by a captcha image. I think we should inform the user to remove this sort of thing or unsubscribe him from the list. It's quite annoying and disturbing for our users. The header is: Delivered-To: guillaume.smet at gmail.com Received: by 10.114.155.9 with SMTP id c9cs256142wae; Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:11:15 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.65.213.4 with SMTP id p4mr11350794qbq.7.1198627873793; Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:11:13 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: <root@infotecnica.com.br> Received: from infotecnica.com.br (infotecnica.com.br [201.35.247.5]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id a5si3445238qbd.17.2007.12.25.16.11.11; Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:11:13 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of root@infotecnica.com.br designates 201.35.247.5 as permitted sender) client-ip=201.35.247.5; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of root@infotecnica.com.br designates 201.35.247.5 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=root@infotecnica.com.br BrmaOutput: root@localhost Received: (from root@localhost)by infotecnica.com.br (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) id lBQ0ApFU031280;Tue, 25 Dec 2007 22:10:51-0200 Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 22:10:51 -0200 Message-Id: <200712260010.lBQ0ApFU031280@infotecnica.com.br> X-BRMA-CAPTCHA: Confirm From: postmaster@infotecnica.com.br MIME-Version: 1.0 To: guillaume.smet at gmail.com Subject: Confirma��o de envio / Sending confirmation (captchaid:132433935f7b) -- Guillaume
Guillaume Smet wrote: > I just posted to -performance and I received the following email from > postmaster at infotecnica.com.br: > I think we should inform the user to remove this sort of thing or > unsubscribe him from the list. It's quite annoying and disturbing for > our users. If you can figure out who the guy is, I will get you a beer first chance I get. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support
On Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 01:26:07AM +0100, Guillaume Smet wrote: > I just posted to -performance and I received the following email from > postmaster at infotecnica.com.br: > "The email message sent to pgsql-performance at postgresql.org requires > a confirmation to be delivered. Please, answer this email informing the > characters that you see in the image below." > followed by a captcha image. > > I think we should inform the user to remove this sort of thing or > unsubscribe him from the list. It's quite annoying and disturbing for > our users. We've had several people complain about this -- I think there was a thread on -hackers as well. I'm happy just to unsubscribe the user, as I'm willing to bet lunch s/he isn't getting most of the mail. Spammers are using this mechanism to get people to decode captchas for them, too, so I would never do it (I've no reason to believe, yet, that that's what's happening in this case). A
These guys are a smal software factory, probably some old employee / dba / sysadmin suscribed their mail and it's not taking anymore that role. I can give them a call if it's worth, just let me know. gb.- On Dec 26, 2007 12:09 PM, Andrew Sullivan <ajs@crankycanuck.ca> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 01:26:07AM +0100, Guillaume Smet wrote: > > I just posted to -performance and I received the following email from > > postmaster at infotecnica.com.br: > > "The email message sent to pgsql-performance at postgresql.org requires > > a confirmation to be delivered. Please, answer this email informing the > > characters that you see in the image below." > > followed by a captcha image. > > > > I think we should inform the user to remove this sort of thing or > > unsubscribe him from the list. It's quite annoying and disturbing for > > our users. > > We've had several people complain about this -- I think there was a thread > on -hackers as well. I'm happy just to unsubscribe the user, as I'm willing > to bet lunch s/he isn't getting most of the mail. Spammers are using this > mechanism to get people to decode captchas for them, too, so I would never > do it (I've no reason to believe, yet, that that's what's happening in this > case). > > A > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq > -- Guido Barosio ----------------------- http://www.globant.com guido.barosio@globant.com
On Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 07:19:34PM -0300, Guido Barosio wrote: > I can give them a call if it's worth, just let me know. If you know who they are, I'm sure it'd be appreciated. A
I don't know them, but I can give them a call. Update later today. gb.- On Dec 27, 2007 12:14 PM, Andrew Sullivan <ajs@crankycanuck.ca> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 07:19:34PM -0300, Guido Barosio wrote: > > I can give them a call if it's worth, just let me know. > > If you know who they are, I'm sure it'd be appreciated. > > A > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at > > http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate > -- Guido Barosio ----------------------- http://www.globant.com guido.barosio@globant.com