Anyone know what /instmsg/aliaes/user.name is?
I sent an email to a major corporation, and twice since then I've seen them attempt to come to this page listed below. It's a 404 page when they visit.
The URL they try to access would look like this: http://www.screentekinc.com/instmsg/aliases/derek.dickson
Anyone have any idea what that is?
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Brian M
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The format /instmsg/aliases/ is from Microsoft's Messenger. What you are seeing is basically badly behaved software making web calls to look for resources. These hits are not typically initiated by the user at all, it is their Microsoft Office/MSN Messenger making the request.
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Jason V
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It looks like it has to do with Microsoft Exchange and instant messaging. Just do a google search for instmsg and you will find multiple websites and newsgroup posts referencing this being in the web logs.
It's the microsoft instant messenger trying to find information about
you, it's mostly harmless. The reason that it contains your username is
that it's based on your email address, so to find IM details for
you, it does a PROPFIND on the url
http://www.screentekinc.com/instmsg/aliases/derek.dickson
It means that someone got email from you, and looked to see if you had
compatible instant messaging as well. Microsoft Exchange can actually do this lookup automatically.
this check automatically, I'm not sure).
