Possibly not blogworthy, but: One puzzling side effect of running greytrapping (as chronicled in https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html) is seeing the uptick in password guessing using even the obviously generated gibberish local parts, and the sheer volume of tries (see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/should_i_stop_caring_and_let_ip_reputation_sort_them_out.html and links therein). #greytrapping #passwordguessing #passwordgroping #spamd #ssh #pop3gropers

Friends using OpenBSD for e-mail servers: I'm using rspamd and it's fine, but what about the base system "spamd"? Are you using it? Is it effective?

#OpenBSD #spamd #rspamd

heh. with another 70 weeks of log data to sift through, the count of imaginary friends at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml just rolled past seven million (also see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html or tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html) #spamtraps #imaginaryfriends #spamd #smtp #cybercrime #openbsd

heh. with another 70 weeks of log data to sift through, the count of imaginary friends at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml just rolled past seven million (also see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html or tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html) #spamtraps #imaginaryfriends #spamd #smtp #cybercrime #openbsd

Have you been wondering why the list of imaginary friends at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml has been expanding quicker than usual this week?

It's because I found another batch of old logs that are now getting the more thorough treatment (also see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html or tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html) #spamd #greytrapping #spam #cybercrime #openbsd

Have you been wondering why the list of imaginary friends at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml has been expanding quicker than usual this week?

It's because I found another batch of old logs that are now getting the more thorough treatment (also see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html or tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html) #spamd #greytrapping #spam #cybercrime #openbsd

Oh, the number of bsdly imaginary friends just rolled past 6 million, https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml (background https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html or tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html), may update graphs at month end #openbsd #spamd #greytrapping #antispam #cybercrime #nastykidsister

Oh, the number of bsdly imaginary friends just rolled past 6 million, https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml (background https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html or tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html), may update graphs at month end #openbsd #spamd #greytrapping #antispam #cybercrime #nastykidsister

Hey! My "Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off?" https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html (https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html) is on @vermaden's Valuable news https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/valuable-news-2025-08-18/ #openbsd #spamd #greytrapping #freebsd #valueablenews

Hey! My "Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off?" https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html (https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html) is on @vermaden's Valuable news https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/valuable-news-2025-08-18/ #openbsd #spamd #greytrapping #freebsd #valueablenews

In 2013 I wrote up "Maintaining A Publicly Available Blacklist - Mechanisms And Principles" (also https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2013/04/maintaining-publicly-available.html) . TL;DR: blocklisting is a kind of public shaming, be sure your process is verifiable and transparent.

Minor edits today, links to resources and #eurobsdcon inside. #blocklists #spamtraps #antispam #smtp #spamd #openbsd #freebsd #security #cybercrime

In 2013 I wrote up "Maintaining A Publicly Available Blacklist - Mechanisms And Principles" (also https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2013/04/maintaining-publicly-available.html) . TL;DR: blocklisting is a kind of public shaming, be sure your process is verifiable and transparent.

Minor edits today, links to resources and #eurobsdcon inside. #blocklists #spamtraps #antispam #smtp #spamd #openbsd #freebsd #security #cybercrime

Following up on previous, the LinkedIn discussion revealed that there are people who have not heard about greylisting.

So here is my 2012 piece with updates, "In The Name Of Sane Email: Setting Up OpenBSD's spamd(8) With Secondary MXes In Play - A Full Recipe" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/in_the_name_of_sane_email.html

#spamd #antispam #spamd.conf #OpenBSD #blocklists #blacklists #greytrapping #greylisting #spam

Following up on previous, the LinkedIn discussion revealed that there are people who have not heard about greylisting.

So here is my 2012 piece with updates, "In The Name Of Sane Email: Setting Up OpenBSD's spamd(8) With Secondary MXes In Play - A Full Recipe" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/in_the_name_of_sane_email.html

#spamd #antispam #spamd.conf #OpenBSD #blocklists #blacklists #greytrapping #greylisting #spam

"Oh yes, you signed up for this. You did. Honest." https://nxdomain.no/~peter/oh_yes_you_signed_up_for_this_2009.html A linkedin post (linked within) reminded me of this post, added here, almost pristine
#greytrapping #spam #countermeasures #email #scams #spamd #wellpoisoning #cybercrime #counterprank

"Oh yes, you signed up for this. You did. Honest." https://nxdomain.no/~peter/oh_yes_you_signed_up_for_this_2009.html A linkedin post (linked within) reminded me of this post, added here, almost pristine
#greytrapping #spam #countermeasures #email #scams #spamd #wellpoisoning #cybercrime #counterprank