Re: Offtopic: Viruses & Spam

continuing the offtopic:

i've been using spamcop.net to send spam to, works rather well.

joe

dgoulet_at_vicr.com wrote:

> To ALL,
>
> Alright, don't flame me for being off topic like this. But some months ago
> someone harvested the old mailing list and I for one started getting a LOT of
> spam messages, things like how to fleece the airlines into providing cheap
> seats. etc... You know that "too good to be true" stuff that comes with a price
> tag. Well like many I was upset (to put it mildly) and decided that just
> deleting it was not good enough. Therefore I started sending the messages back
> to 'abuse@<mail system>' for all of the hosts defined in the message. Since I
> started that, I've been happily receiving messages like the attached and the
> amount of SPAM has dropped dramatically. Therefore, some of you out there may
> want to do likewise.
>
> Thanks for the patience.
>
> Dick Goulet
> Senior Oracle DBA
> Vicor Corporation
>
> ____________________Forward Header_____________________
> Author: Yahoo Mail <abuse_at_yahoo.com>
> Date: 5/4/00 8:11 PM
>
> Thank you very much for reporting this incident to Yahoo!. Mass
> distribution of unsolicited email messages, or "spamming", violates the
> Yahoo! Terms of Service (TOS).
>
> Although it does not appear that this message originated from the Yahoo!
> Mail system, there is a yahoo.com address within the message or message
> headers and we believe that this account is being used in connection
> with the unwanted email message. Consequently, we have taken
> appropriate action against this account as per our TOS.
>
> Thank you for working with us to keep Yahoo! a friendly email
> environment. In the future, if you receive an unwanted email message
> that appears to derive from a Yahoo! Mail account, please forward the
> message directly to us at abuse_at_yahoo.com.
>
> Thank you,
> Yahoo! Customer Care
>
> 9011356
>
> Original message follows:
> -------------------------
>
> To Whom It May Concers,
>
> The attached SPAM was recieved this morning. All of you are
> referenced
> somewhere in this message or as the spource of the spam
> (up39f_at_secofi.gob.mx). I do not appreciate this spamming.
>
> ____________________Forward Header_____________________
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> Date: 4/23/00 10:38 AM
>
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>
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