Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 10:09:55 -0700 (MST) From: Charles Mott <cmott@srv.net> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: annoying spammers... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971201095739.8745C-100000@darkstar.home> In-Reply-To: <199712011443.JAA07461@gatekeeper.itribe.net>
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On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Jamie Bowden wrote: > We have the domain html.com. We have had it for over 3 years now, but > recently millions of spam messages have gone out on the net with a from > line of 1234567@html.com (the address is always some random number). All > the bounce messages come our server, despite the fact that we didn't send > them. I had to remove the server's ability to recieve mail at html.com > about 2 weeks ago, as it was getting several hundred return mails a > minute. It now routes all mail to <number>@html.com to /dev/null. Not > that it stops my mailbox from filling up with requests from people who > don't know how to read a fscking header who send mail to us whining about > being removed from our lists. *sigh* Although you certainly have a clear civil case against the person who wrote the spam software forging html.com and the spammers actually using it, the costs of pursuing it would be too expensive. Possibly a criminal statute is being violated and you could get a U.S. attorney interested. (Just donate some money to the DNC -- they're desperate for money and have a solid record of arranging special government services for their donors.) These spammers are a huge problem. I don't think legal methods can work, either. Charles Mott
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