Re: Spam

[Acme World Domination Force <badspambot@timeforanewfakeaddress.com>]

Rubywand wrote:
> 
>      Regarding the recent flurry of spam: Perhaps it would be a good idea for
> users here to begin to replay to spam messages as email to the related _abuse_
> address.
> 
>      You set your browser to Full Heading, click the message, and reply to
> Sender but change the email address to the indiated abuse address in the
> heading (if there is one). Include the posted spam and a copy of the header.
> 
>      If there is no abuse address in the header, I guess you would look at the
> Path in the header and/or the message ID.
> 
> Example:
> 
> >>
> Path:
> typhoon01.swbell.net!cyclone.swbell.net!nntp.giganews.com!news-feed1.tiac.net!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.cwix.com!news.cfw.com!paxfeed.eni.net!aol.com
>              From:
>                    a32msocal@aol.com
>         Newsgroups:
>                    comp.sys.apple2.programmer, comp.sys.apple2.usergroups,
> comp.sys.arm, comp.sys.atari.8bit, comp.sys.atari.advocacy
>             Subject:
>                    18+ ONLY PLEASE 67877
>               Date:
>                    Fri, 03 Sep 1999 19:20:31 -0600
>        Organization:
>                    TEEN TOWN
>              Lines:
>                    9
>        Message-ID:
>                    <030999192031@aol.com>
>           Reply-To:
>                    genuine@yahoo.com
>  NNTP-Posting-Host:
>                    57.pao900.pool.eni.net
>               Xref:
>                    cyclone.swbell.net comp.sys.apple2.programmer:1614
> comp.sys.apple2.usergroups:1515 comp.sys.arm:1969 comp.sys.atari.8bit:20672
>                    comp.sys.atari.advocacy:3019
> 
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> 
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> 
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> 
> These girls are not phonesex workers. They are horny girls who are on the line
> cuz it's free phonesex for them. You are
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> 
> -Enjoy
> 
> >7#F6&>P
> 
> <<
> 
>      In the above, it seems that this stuff came from aol.com; so, the email
> would go to -->   abuse@aol.com
> 
>      Or, maybe, someone has a better idea.
> 
> Rubywand

The aol is a forgery, it comes from eni.net, who has recently been very
spam-friendly.

-- 
Phil
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