Re: DID YOU KNOW...how to squelch a SpamScam

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From: Thomas G. Spalthoff
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 00:00

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In article <56smjp$k7c@nntp1.best.com>, marcus@vestek.com (Mark Robert Stephen) wrote:
>dlmiller@inetdirect.net (Doug & Rose Miller) wrote:
>
>>.. you can do what I did: forward it to the sender's Internet Service
> Provider,
>>in this case to "abuse@ix.netcom.com". Netcom doesn't like having its
>>service used in this manner.
>
>
>That is a good idea. You could also try: 
>
>'webmaster@whateverprovider.com', or
> 'postmaster@whateverprovider.com'
>
>these will usualyl work as well.

Actually, they don't.  Usually, spammers do a fairly good job of manipulating 
headers so that you can't easily tell where a message is coming from.  Most 
often, the address or web site listed in the body of spam has nothing to do 
with the origination of the message (other than the person pushing the 
buttons).

Check out http://kryten.eng.monash.edu.au/gspam.html for some tools to figure 
out where something is coming from.  Yahoo also has a fairly extensive list of 
resources to help combat this garbage.  I've set up a page with all the spam 
sent to me - check it out if you're really bored 
(www.umdnj.edu/~spalthof/listofshame.html).

--Tom

Thomas G. Spalthoff                 "Moderation seems to be the key"
tgs@planet.ho.att.com                                    J. Buffett

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From: tgs@planet.ho.att.com (Thomas G. Spalthoff)
Subject: Re: DID YOU KNOW...how to squelch a SpamScam
Date: 1996/11/20
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