Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 12:01:09 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel really screwing it up... 8) Message-ID: <19971026120109.01078@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199710231638.CAA01259@word.smith.net.au>; from Mike Smith on Fri, Oct 24, 1997 at 02:08:51AM %2B0930 References: <199710231638.CAA01259@word.smith.net.au>
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On Fri, Oct 24, 1997 at 02:08:51AM +0930, Mike Smith wrote: > > Those of you who are following the current mini-saga with Intel will > find the latest installment quite in keeping with the high standard set > so far. > > A moderately discreet little piece of spam wandered in a few minutes > ago: > > ------- Forwarded Message > > From: i21@surveyweb.com > Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 09:26:43 -0700 > Message-Id: <199710231626.JAA16723@surveyweb.com> > To: mike@smith.net.au > Subject: Regarding your recent contact with Intel's electronic support > > > Dear Intel Customer: > ... > The survey should take about 10 minutes and is located at the > following Web site: > > http://intel_tech.surveyweb.com > > To start the survey, enter the following information exactly as it > appears here: > > Your email address is: mike@smith.net.au > Your survey password is: xxxxx > > ------- End of Forwarded Message > > But lo, what do we have here? An *underscore* in this high-tech survey > company's hostname. Whacko, looks like Intel are indeed keeping their > standards up. Yup, lots of people still have incorrect DNS configs. Remember that FreeBSD is one of the few which complains about underscores. Lots of other people have NS and MX records that point to CNAMEs, for example. > OK, let's be professional. Start by trying 'www.surveyweb.com', after > all, they must have at least a mailto to handle their users. > > The contents of http://www.surveyweb.com/ : > > <HTML> > > <HEAD> > <TITLE>title</TITLE> > </HEAD> > > <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff" TEXT="#000000"> > > <P ALIGN="center"> > page > </P> > </BODY> > </HTML> > It's changed since you looked. But you can find the address of intel_tech.surveyweb.com with nslookup--it's an A record. I took a look, and there *is* something like a survey there. You need your survey password (see above), so if I were you I'd answer it and add an appropriate comment about their choice of system name. Greg
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