From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Dec 1 17:59:23 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA13902 for chat-outgoing; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 17:59:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fly.HiWAAY.net (root@fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA13862 for ; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 17:59:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt1-132.HiWAAY.net [208.147.147.132]) by fly.HiWAAY.net (8.8.7/8.8.6) with ESMTP id TAA17307; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 19:58:37 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.8.8/8.8.4) with ESMTP id TAA05538; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 19:58:19 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199712020158.TAA05538@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Jamie Bowden cc: Greg Lehey , chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: annoying spammers... In-reply-to: Message from Jamie Bowden of "Mon, 01 Dec 1997 09:47:20 EST." <199712011443.JAA07461@gatekeeper.itribe.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 19:58:18 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > 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 @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.