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I've tried to email help@posterous.com to ensure they know. Got an immediate SPF bounce. "help@posterous.uservoice.com rejected a message that claimed an enve

by ralph 15y ago

I've tried to email help@posterous.com to ensure they know. Got an immediate SPF bounce. "help@posterous.uservoice.com rejected a message that claimed an envelope sender address of ralph@[elided]. "help@posterous.uservoice.com received a message from getfile.posterous.com (184.106.20.101) that claimed an envelope sender address of ralph@[elided]. "However, the domain [elided] has declared using SPF that it does not send mail through getfile.posterous.com (184.106.20.101). That is why the message was rejected." I'm happy with my SPF definitions; looks like an internal posterous problem. Can someone who knows the posterous mob give them a bell; they may appreciate the wake-up. :-) Thanks.

nopassrecover 15y ago
Yeah at less than a thousand views so far, damage control could still be effective.
jgrahamc 15y ago
I mailed them but didn't get a bounce. So perhaps the message will get through. Update. And their reply: ~~~ Reply above this line ~~~ Hello John, Thank-you for the report. I have gone in and taken the post down so that it is no longer live. Julio is a contributor of our main blog and his email address was compromised and used to send that post. Posterous itself has not been compromised and the posting has been removed. Thank-you for using Posterous and I apologize for the inconvenience. Kathleen
- ralph 15y ago
  I considered doing that, e.g. log into a gmail account, but help@ is unlikely to wake them up or alert them quickly, unfortunately. Could really do with a personal call to someone that works there.
- willvarfar 15y ago
  Its a real shame the OP chose to get upvotes here rather than find another way to alert posterous and keep it contained. Schadenfreude :(
  - ralph 15y ago
    Rubbish. It was emailed to me by Posterous as I subscribe to the blog, so to lots of others too I'd have thought. I searched Twitter and found many tweets about the hack; the cat's already out of the bag. The View count on the article shows many have read it but I agree further constraint would be worthwhile. I attempted to contact them, it failed due to their error, and the method wouldn't have been urgent enough anyway. Knowing of their connection to news.yc I came here to raise the issue with a crowd that would be sympathetic and would likely know of a means of direct contact. Though by all means up-vote my post. ;-)
- ralph 15y ago
  Thanks John.

by ralph 15y ago

nopassrecover 15y ago

Yeah at less than a thousand views so far, damage control could still be effective.

jgrahamc 15y ago

I mailed them but didn't get a bounce. So perhaps the message will get through. Update. And their reply: ~~~ Reply above this line ~~~ Hello John, Thank-you for the report. I have gone in and taken the post down so that it is no longer live. Julio is a contributor of our main blog and his email address was compromised and used to send that post. Posterous itself has not been compromised and the posting has been removed. Thank-you for using Posterous and I apologize for the inconvenience. Kathleen

ralph 15y ago
I considered doing that, e.g. log into a gmail account, but help@ is unlikely to wake them up or alert them quickly, unfortunately. Could really do with a personal call to someone that works there.
willvarfar 15y ago
Its a real shame the OP chose to get upvotes here rather than find another way to alert posterous and keep it contained. Schadenfreude :(
- ralph 15y ago
  Rubbish. It was emailed to me by Posterous as I subscribe to the blog, so to lots of others too I'd have thought. I searched Twitter and found many tweets about the hack; the cat's already out of the bag. The View count on the article shows many have read it but I agree further constraint would be worthwhile. I attempted to contact them, it failed due to their error, and the method wouldn't have been urgent enough anyway. Knowing of their connection to news.yc I came here to raise the issue with a crowd that would be sympathetic and would likely know of a means of direct contact. Though by all means up-vote my post. ;-)
ralph 15y ago
Thanks John.