I should also point out that there is an applescript at AppleScriptCentral for Entourage to automate the reporting to spamcop as well.
On 3/31/02 8:50 PM, "Steve Sell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Most of the headers are faked in spam messages, so the chances of you > sending to the correct "abuse@" address are very slim unless you REALLY know > what you are doing. > > If you want to be proactive about spam, signe up for a (free) SpamCom.net > account. When you do, you will be given an email address to send your spam > to. Then you log on to their site and they will digest it properly and > determine the correct abuse address to send to, then all you do is click > "send" and they will report it for you. > > It's an excellent service and I can't recommend it enough. > > -Steve > > On 3/31/02 8:26 PM, "Jan Martel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I'd always taken the position that the easiest thing to do about SPAM is to >> delete it and that email virurses (virii?) needn't concern me because I have >> a Mac. Recently, I've tried to be a little more pro-active about Spam and >> have taken to writing to abuse@ the sender's ISP to ask them to stop it. But >> today something happened that has me worried and I just thought I'd ask if >> anyone else has seen anything like it. I received what looked to me like >> Spam this morning - it purportedly came from a really weird email address >> [EMAIL PROTECTED], the subject was A new Game and the body of the email >> was: >> Hi,This is a very new game >> This game is my first work. >> You're the first player. >> I expect you would like it. >> >> There were two attachments, one called Snoopy.exe and one called >> TN_3430(1).jpeg. Following my new procedure, I checked the internet headers >> and discovered that the sender was supposedly at AOL. So I copied the >> message and headers and sent it to abuse@AOL with a nice note asking them to >> do something about it. I haven't yet heard back from them. >> >> But, what has me worried, a few minutes ago I received a standard-looking >> "Returned mail; User Unknown" message from AOL. The message it was returning >> was one I had not sent, and was addressed to an address I'd never heard of. >> Entourage doesn't think I've sent any messages with the subject shown or the >> addressee. The message's subject was "Arial, Helvetica" and it also had a >> couple of attachments although neither was an exe. When I looked at the full >> internet headers on the message I had supposedly sent, one of them was >> exactly the same as one on the message I received earlier >> (rly-ip01.mx.aol.com). Should I be worrying about this? Has my email account >> been taken over by aliens? I've already sent copies of the messages to AOL >> and to Earthlink (my ISP). Should I do anything else? > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
