Re: Last chance Spam-- killing spammers

[Dennis Descoteau <glider_guider@westman.wave.ca>]

Rubywand wrote:

> Jeff Blakeney writes ...
> >
> > On Tue, 04 Jan 2000 17:02:11 -0600, Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >     The source of this lengthy spam appears to be linuxfr.org . The
> > >newyear.com ID appears connected to DFW.NET . It looks like abuse complaints
> > >for this spam would go to
> >
> > Jeff, could you do me a favour and stop posting stuff about spams?  I
> > guess I've got a good ISP and/or news server as I never see the spams
> > you are referring to but I always end up having to wade through your
> > posts about these spams in multiple newsgroups (this one being posted
> > to five different newsgroups that I read).
> >
> > Thanks.
>
>      You are welcome.
>
>      Unfortunately, newsgroups which fail to react to spamming end up like
> comp.sys.apple.gno-- i.e. they are bombarded with grossly off-topic messages
> hyping everything from get-rich-scams through roller garage doors and sex
> pages. The newsgroup becomes impossible to read and users leave. If you check
> comp.sys.apple2.gno you will discover that virtually all recent messages are
> spam.
>
>      The purpose of posting brief spam info messages is to make it easier for
> readers to send abuse messages to ISP's. ISP's do not like to get spam
> complaints-- so, the more users who send in an abuse message, the more likely
> the spammer is to get booted. Unless a spammer is especially stupid, he/she
> will learn to avoid Apple II newsgroups.
>
>      Since we are talking about killing spammers, it may be helpful to review
> the abuse complaint process:
>
> 1. Set your browser to show the full header.
>
> 2. Copy the header part of the spam message.
>
> 3. Select "Reply to sender"
>
> 4. Paste the header at the top of your reply.
>
> 5. Add a simple statement just before the header-- something like "msg. posted
> to an Apple II computer newsgroup"
>
> 6. Erase the address shown in the "to" part of the email and replace it with
> the "abuse@" address. If more than one abuse@ address seems likely, add these.
>
> 7. Send the email.
>
> Rubywand

Or surf to   spamcop.net   Some of these people are extremely devious at altering
headers.   Dennis