[TriLUG] OT: Finding/Notifying People with Worm-infested PC's

[Jim Ray]

Way back in the days of my youth, I ran Exchange and accidentally had an
open relay.  Someone bounced porn off my server.  Roadrunner wrote this
certified mail letter to my wife (cable in her name) saying I'm sending
porn.

I had some explaining to do.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> Behalf Of Turnpike Man
> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 9:02 AM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> Subject: RE: [TriLUG] OT: Finding/Notifying People with Worm-infested PC's
> 
> Just FYI, back before I converted to a linux server (over 2 years ago) I
> used
> to run my website at home on IIS... at any rate, I caught code red and RR
> shutdown my cable modem, called my home phone and left me a message
> notifying
> me of such.  I cured my problem, called them back, verified with them I
> was
> cured and they turned my connection back on.  I would like to think they
> are
> still this vigilant, but with linux, I don't have these problems anymore!
> :)