Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 19:58:18 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: annoying spammers... Message-ID: <199712020158.TAA05538@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net> of "Mon, 01 Dec 1997 09:47:20 EST." <199712011443.JAA07461@gatekeeper.itribe.net>
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> 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* I've often wondered if problems like this couldn't be solved cheaply with lawyers. Yes, I said "cheap" and "lawyer" in the same sentence. The idea goes something like this, you advertise for a law firm, publicly. You offer a deal whereby you forward all your spam to the law firm. The law firm gets to keep any $ they collect from spammers. The law firm pays you time and material for a connection to your ISP and any support required in court. Wonder if it would work? -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.
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