CGI Sendmail function and spam

Sivakatirswami katir at hindu.org
Tue Dec 13 03:02:36 EST 2005


I call sendmail on our linux web server from at least a dozen web   
forms and related revolution CGI and I have a plain jaine send mail  
script CGI that only I know the name  of  and which is used by remote  
rev apps to forward mail. The Rev app posts to the CGI and the CGI  
calls send mail and sends the message. This is very useful as I can  
use a single CGI to handle and mail from any rev app.


Anyway, my system has *never* been abused. I'm curious to first ask,  
what  did your web form look like...and what did the CGI do?  was it  
simply a web form with from, to, subject  and  body?

Sivakatirswami







On Dec 12, 2005, at 7:28 PM, Jim Ault wrote:

> Shoudn't you be able to queue for later delivery, then have Rev  
> some how
> send you an email letting you know what's in the queue, ...and  
> then... you
> send an email that Rev answers where the subject line triggers the  
> release!
> (or kills them)?
>
> This way no mail goes before its time, and you are in control.
>
> Jim Ault
> Las Vegas
>
>
> On 12/12/05 9:21 PM, "Thomas McCarthy" <tominjapan at excite.com> wrote:
>
>
>>
>> I used my rev cgi to call the UNIX sendmail process last summer.  
>> My site was
>> shut down by the provider shortly after on account of the enormous  
>> amout of
>> emails being generated. I thought I'd fixed the problem but I'm  
>> afraid it
>> might have happened again.
>>
>> Are there any suggestions for securely using sendmail in a rev  
>> script?
>>
>> thanks,
>> tm
>>
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