.Mac - email delays

[Rower_CPU]

Looks like .Mac might be getting hammered by Sobig.

August 28, 2003
We are experiencing slow network performance at this time. Some customers may experience a delay in receiving mail. We expect normal performance to return shortly. Thank you for your patience.

I haven't gotten any email notifications from MR in a while, and the last round was pretty delayed...

[themadchemist]

Aren't only Windows systems susceptible to SoBig...

If .Mac is susceptible, would that mean...

Oh No!

It is run on Windows Servers!!!!

AAAAAH! THE PAIN!!!! IT STINGS! IT STINGS!

[OutThere]

Originally posted by themadchemist
Aren't only Windows systems susceptible to SoBig...

If .Mac is susceptible, would that mean...

Oh No!

It is run on Windows Servers!!!!

AAAAAH! THE PAIN!!!! IT STINGS! IT STINGS!


:calmly watches as entire mac world rots off:

[themadchemist]

no, but seriously, how could .Mac get hammered by Sobig? Enlighten me.

[medea]

Originally posted by themadchemist
no, but seriously, how could .Mac get hammered by Sobig? Enlighten me.
The virus does not infect Macs, but Mac users still receive hundreds of the messages per day from infected Windows PCs.

[Rower_CPU]

Originally posted by themadchemist
no, but seriously, how could .Mac get hammered by Sobig? Enlighten me.

Increased traffic.

Any people on PCs infected with Sobig that have anyone with .Mac email addresses in their address books, or even in their browser's web cache will try to send them the virus. In addition to that, they will spoof the email addresses they find, leading to all kinds of "returned" mail to the .Mac servers.

Sobig is client-side, not server-side, so far as I've seen, so the servers being used are irrelevant.