CGI Sendmail function and spam

Sivakatirswami katir at hindu.org
Tue Dec 13 05:20:18 EST 2005


OK, so your CGI is not getting "abused" by hackers from the  
outside... this is all your outgoing mail..?


On Dec 13, 2005, at 12:17 AM, Jim Ault wrote:

>
> On 12/13/05 12:02 AM, "Sivakatirswami" <katir at hindu.org> wrote:
>
>
>> 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
>>
>
> I guess my point is that you can create a "to do list" somewhere,  
> rather
> than just execute the batch sending, therefore having some control  
> over
> getting into difficulty with the host.  Perhaps you could just  
> generate a
> text file, then review it to see the impact.
>
> Another approach may be to schedule the send mail calls to space  
> them out,
> if that would help.
>
> Jim Ault
> Las Vegas
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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