Re: Spam

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Steven Lichter writes ...
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> Though it appears to come from aol, in fact it is coming from eni.net, which
> appears to be a spam hoasting server, so complaints to them will do not good.
> This ano other spams have been on almost every newsgroup at least once a day
> for several weeks, they have diffferent header now on different newsgroups,
> this appears to be so that users can't block all of the spam and we could in
> the earlier spams. Most of his spams are for porno sites on 800/900 chats, but
> there have been some others for web sites and other businesses, so it appears
> he is running a spam business and is charging the people who contract with him.
> You will notice that there are numbers at the end of his subject each time,
> this must be some kind of ID, maybe for billing, and at the end of his posts a
> bunch of garbage. We can't do much about them except complain to AOL, maybe
> they will bring a copywrite suit against him for using an AOL address, though
> forged or a through away account; you know the ones they give for free for 30
> days; I use AOL only for posting since I'm able to block all E-mail.  You could
> also complain to upstream suppliers who could cut his access off, but other
> then that nothing, unless his customers find that his type of posting will cost
> them business, then it will stop, but since most of his business appears to be
> trash, they don't care.
> 
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> The only good spammer is a dead one, have you hunted one down today?

     It's a thought!


     Thanks to you and Phil for the information.

     Emails to those whose service name is being forged (e.g. AOL and Yahoo) may
help; but, now that things have been explained, I can see that it is an indirect
approach.

     An abuse email to a service whose name is given in a "respond to" address
might hit a bit closer to home if the address is for the one who purchased the
advertising.

     What about an abuse email to your news server? Evidently, the server admin is
where this kind of spam usually gets snipped.



Rubywand