Re: I'm being subjected to a DOS attack...

drak0nian_at_yahoo.com (Paul Drake) wrote in message news:<1ac7c7b3.0309200528.24ee113b_at_posting.google.com>...
> Bit Twister <BitTwister_at_localhost.localdomain> wrote in message news:<slrnbmnlu9.5hg.BitTwister_at_wb.home>...
> > On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 14:13:06 +1000, Howard J. Rogers wrote:
> > > Well, the title might be a bit dramatic, and I imagine it's happening to
> > > others as well
> >
> > http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/swen.shtml
> > search for newsgroups
>
> thanks for the link.
> guess I'll need a new yahoo account, as this one is now useless.
> if only yahoo allowed an option to block all attachments ...
>
> Pd

I blocked a large number of the domains listed in the doc above, which has greatly reduced the number of arriving messages per unit time. At least this is supported within the current functionality.

Pd Received on Sun Sep 21 2003 - 13:37:16 CDT