From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/6613 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Steven L Baur Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Unsolicited ads Date: 10 Jun 1996 10:26:20 -0700 Sender: steve@miranova.com Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.67) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035147043 4196 80.91.224.250 (20 Oct 2002 20:50:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 20:50:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@ifi.uio.no, David Worenklein Return-Path: ding-request@ifi.uio.no Original-Received: from ifi.uio.no (ifi.uio.no [129.240.64.2]) by deanna.miranova.com (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id KAA18414 for ; Mon, 10 Jun 1996 10:47:40 -0700 Original-Received: from deanna.miranova.com (steve@deanna.miranova.com [206.190.83.1]) by ifi.uio.no with ESMTP (8.6.11/ifi2.4) id for ; Mon, 10 Jun 1996 19:27:33 +0200 Original-Received: (from steve@localhost) by deanna.miranova.com (8.7.5/8.6.9) id KAA17614; Mon, 10 Jun 1996 10:26:21 -0700 Original-To: Per Abrahamsen X-Url: http://www.miranova.com/%7Esteve/ Mail-Copies-To: never In-Reply-To: Per Abrahamsen's message of 10 Jun 1996 06:53:43 -0700 Original-Lines: 38 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.2.14/XEmacs 19.14 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:6613 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:6613 >>>>> "Per" == Per Abrahamsen writes: >>>>> "DW" == David Worenklein writes: DW> Has anyone thought DW> about ways of dealing with this? Per> Complain. I usually forward a copy to `postmaster', `abuse', and Per> the technical and administrative contact (from whois) of the Per> first host(s) mentioned in the `received:' headers and the DNS Per> server of that host. When you complain be firm but polite when directing the email to the domain contacts. In some cases I've had to deal with, the technical & administrative contacts for spamming domains are lower-level staff who don't really have much control over the matter. Don't expect an answer, and resist the temptation to email them an emacs core dump, as it will probably hurt your system more when it bounces. You can always try the tactic of billing (via snail mail) them for your time in cleaning up after their spam. This is reasonably effective against repeat spamming all by itself, however there are enough people without a clue and outside of the local jurisdiction that you probably can't sue when they don't pay, and do it more than once (like the Internet Business Bureau, which I see has changed its ``good'' name in the last month -- at least Internet Business Broadcasting is a more appropriate name for a Spammer). Per> It is a boring and time consuming job, but I think it is the only Per> way to keep the noise at a manageable level. Yup. -- steve@miranova.com baur Unsolicited commercial e-mail will be proofread for $250/hour. Andrea Seastrand: For your vote on the Telecom bill, I will vote for anyone except you in November.