Mail Archives: opendos/2002/08/20/22:00:12
OK, good to have you still with us.
One comment though - you mention "the guy at aol". Please note
that invariably the apparent e-mail address of a sp*mmer is fake,
so if it seems to be from AOL, it invariably isn't.
Also a comment on Matthias' comment about the tracking (header)
information included in sp*m e-mail and looking at this to see where
it originated. Again this is usually fake. What may look to be the
original route of the message is usually a "work of fiction".
In summary, there is no reliable way to find out the origins of sp*m
messages in the normal manner. What I do is look at the message
content for the web site that is usually being promoted, and then
do a "whois" to find out who is the ISP that owns that IP address.
Then I e-mail a complaint to that ISP, with a copy of the sp*m and
it's header information. A lot of effort I guess, but it relieves the
frustration! Normally, you just get an automated response back
from the ISP saying they will investigate, although in two incidents,
the ISP has informed me that they have cancelled the offending
account. :-)
Joe.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert W Moss [SMTP:domanspc AT juno DOT com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 4:42 AM
> To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
> Subject: RE: Remove Me
>
> WOW. DJ has really got a tight filter setup.
> I sent this reply to joe's reply to my original message
> and it got bounced back just because I used the word
> s_p_a_m in the message.
>
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> I didn't really want to get off the list, Joe.
>
> my apologies to the list.
> I guess I overlooked the header info on this one.
> I have been inundated with s_p_a_m lately and was
> trying to get the guy at aol off my back... I have
> since been advised by several of the large ISP's
> on the proper way to handle this s_p_a_m.
>
>
>
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