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Date:      Fri, 12 Sep 1997 11:12:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
To:        damian@cablenet.net (Damian Hamill)
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: spammer used our domain
Message-ID:  <199709121812.LAA20890@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
In-Reply-To: <34198362.15FB7483@cablenet.net> from Damian Hamill at "Sep 12, 97 07:01:06 pm"

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> Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > 
> > > A spammer recently sent an email to members@aol.com using a bogus from
> > > address as a user in our domain.  I temporarily blocked emails from aol
> > > but I had to remove the block for obvious reasons.  I am still getting
> > > replies from indignant people.
> > 
> > I can't help you fix the hate mail being sent to you, but I can
> > offer the fact that in some states there is case law on the books
> > with significant damages collected against people who have done
> > this.  If you have been able to track down the source of the spam
> > that used your domain address as a reply-to or from field you have
> > ground for civil and/or criminal action against the party/parties
> > who created it.
> 
> I know exactly who it was, it was Orion Electronics whose phone number
> is 407-677-7952.  Is that anywhere near Omaha Nebraska ? (it looks like
> they used a uunet dialup account to a PoP there to post the spam).

If this has caused you damages, and you can document them, you may
wish to contact a lawyer about filing a suite against them.  If you
wish I will contact someone I know who has been down this road and
see if he is willing to help you out with it.


-- 
Rod Grimes                                      rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com
Accurate Automation, Inc.                   Reliable computers for FreeBSD



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