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Re:Fun with gzip bombs and email clients by bspammer on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @05:52PM (#44653418)
It’s definitely tempting, but I prefer not to piss off people who are already being actively malicious.
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Re:Fun with gzip bombs and email clients by philodeon on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @08:15PM (#44654442)
Isn’t this how a court system works?
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Re:Fun with gzip bombs and email clients by Twirrim on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @10:41PM (#44655254)
It's all just spray-and-pray crap. You're extremely unlikely to be their target, they're just looking for a convenient shell for a botnet. The most likely way they'll handle it if you do actually break them is just blacklist your address. You're not going to be worth the effort.
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