24 Apr
1998
24 Apr
'98
3:26 p.m.
On Apr 24, 11:53, Don Maslin wrote:
On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Pete Turnbull wrote:
Yes, I should perhaps have mentioned mailing to postmaster@... or abuse@...
as several responsible ISPs do follow these things up. I've had two very
positive responses from sysadmins, one of whom tracked a spammer who was
spoofing via his system, and one from a large ISP. In both cases, the
culprit lost their account. It's worth looking at all the "Received: from
..." headers in such cases.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
On Apr 24, 15:38, Hotze wrote:
True! However, in some cases e-mail with a copy of the spam or UCE to
the postmaster of the ISP has been productive. In the case of known spam
centers though, it is likely a BIG mistake. Reply to the spammers,
Not often a good idea, since the consensus seems to be that responses
merely confirm that the address they used is (still) valid.