Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 10:23:18 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: ady@warp.starnets.ro (Penisoara Adrian) Cc: current@hub.freebsd.org Subject: Re: UU.NET, SPAM, and Cyberpromotions (was Re: usregsite.com) Message-ID: <199707151723.KAA03690@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970715092751.1216B-100000@ady.warp.starnets.ro> from "Penisoara Adrian" at Jul 15, 97 09:59:07 am
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Well, this is old... [ ... a discussion of SPAM ensues ... ] > On Fri, 23 May 1997, Terry Lambert wrote: > > | Received: from 206.13.28.25 > > | (1Cust52.Max31.Chicago.IL.MS.UU.NET [153.35.113.180]) > > | by mail-gw.pacbell.net (8.8.5/8.7.1) with SMTP id EAA07399; > > | Thu, 8 May 1997 04:09:14 -0700 (PDT) > > :Received: from ken ([153.36.102.95]) by ns1.allinfosys.com > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > : (post.office MTA v2.0 0813 ID# 0-11221) with SMTP id CUO296 > : for <ady@ady.warp.starnets.ro>; Mon, 14 Jul 1997 19:19:35 -0500 > > Now guess who's IP is that 153.36.102.95 ? If I do a rev-lookup, then > it's "1Cust95.Max12.Detroit.MI.MS.UU.NET"; awfully close to Terry's one. Yes. UUnet is providing dialup ISP services for these people. This was the recent SPAM to the FreeBSD lists, I assume... > > I've been mail-bombed by Cyberpromotions for complaining to their [ ... ] > Why would they do that ? This bunch of jerks [ >:( ] is expecting everyone > to accept their junk w/o complains and it's their last wish to get you > rid of it. That's precisely why they are doing it. People pay them to do it, it's not illegal, they do it. > > Since then, for every intermediate host their program has used as a > > relay to get to my host, I've made a (1 month time limited) offer of > > free assistance in preventing use as a mail relay by all by approved > > hosts. I've helped 6 sites so far. > > Has that number been changed by now ? 21 sites, so far. > Well, this host's MTA (as you can see it's post.office v2.0) didn't > handle this spam; maybe we (?) should warn them... Notify them that they need to update to Post.Office 3.2. The 3.2 version supports SPAM filtering. > BTW, shouldn't sendmail/smail/etc be made SPAM proof right in the > sources ? Take this up with the maintainer. There is no pat answer. They may be afraid of "restraint of trade" prosecution, or "racketeering" charges under the RICO act. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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