Re: [SLUG] reporting spam

From: Eben King (eben1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Tue Jan 24 2006 - 15:49:24 EST

On Tue, 24 Jan 2006, Robert Snyder wrote:

> Eben King wrote:
>> On Tue, 24 Jan 2006, Robert Snyder wrote:
>>
>>> Mike Branda wrote:
>>>> Hello all!
>>>>
>>>> Has anybody had any luck in reporting spam from a consistent source and
>>>> getting a resolution? How about contacting a domain owner to let them
>>>> know about a hole (based on the headers not the from address) ? Or am I
>>>> stuck with the "send it to spam@uce.gov" and hope the FTA deals with it?
>>>>
>>>> I'm noticing a repeated trend in spam origination on a fair amount of
>>>> mail that gets caught by SA. It would be nice to countermeasure some of
>>>> this in some way instead of just sucking it in to the great black hole.
>>>>
>>>> If you have been able to accomplish such, details on how you were
>>>> successful would be great.
>>
>>> One way is to post the offenders IP address here and let people here have
>>> fun with the spammer.
>>
>> And hope you're not wrong, and instead you've got the IP address of the/a
>> relay, or an innocent bystander.
>>
> Well sometimes going beyond the law can bite you in the ass.
> but again.... relays should stop should not allow bulk spam and indivuals
> who are sending it out because of whatever xyz worm hit there windows box
> should be shot.

I agree, but harassing someone for stupidity doesn't seem fair. (OTOH, the
gene pool needs more chlorine...) The bystander didn't do anything at all;
I mean, you don't choose to be the victim of a Joe Job, or choose to own a
spoofed IP.

Obviously, I'm of at least two minds about this. 

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