At 11:29 AM 3/4/2002 -0600, you wrote: >On Mon, 2002-03-04 at 10:48, Larry Braud wrote: > > Everyone you receive, send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] , maybe it will do some > > good if > > they get hundreds of them. > >Or if they get so many of them that they cannot deal with it with the >staff they have, they may say to heck with it....?
Or, if you barrage them with the emails it may be considered a DoS attack and you will be charged with economic terrorism. Regards, Dustin >Shannon > > > Larry > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Banker, Craig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 10:10 AM > > Subject: RE: [brluglist] Spam > > > > > > > You too..... > > > > > > It seems the spammers are guessing at yours and my new email addresses. > > One > > > of my cox addresses (which is similar to my at old @ home address) is > > > getting spam. A virgin hotmail address I recently created that is > > > formulamatic (i.e. fname_lname ) and now is getting those university > > diploma > > > scam spams (I've got 2 real diplomas why would I want fake ones). An > easy > > > countermeasure to this fight is to create an email address that is > > somewhat > > > random in formulation and keep it off the lists. > > > > > > > > > Spam only belongs in a sandwich... > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Larry Braud [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 9:41 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; BRLUG Linux > > > Subject: [brluglist] Spam > > > > > > > > > I've started getting Spam and here is what Cox says about it: > > > Question: > > > How do I stop SPAM? > > > > > > Answer: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If the sender is COX HSI user, please send this mail directly > > to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Paste (do not attach) the email with full email headers into > > the > > > body of your message. To turn on or view the full email headers in COX's > > > supported email clients: > > > > > > Outlook Express: File > Properties, click the details button, > > > and this will show the complete email headers for an Outlook Express > > > message. > > > > > > Netscape Messenger: View > Headers > All will turn on full > > > headers in Netscape. > > > > > > Paste these into a fresh message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Although we > > > cannot intervene directly with an email from outside of COX, we can read > > the > > > headers to determine which internet domain it actually came from (in many > > > cases, these emails use false return addresses) and we can then provide > > you > > > with the proper contact information (via ARIN and INTERNIC) for the > > sender's > > > domain. > > > > > > If you or a friend know how to read email headers you can > > > determine the origin of the mail directly by reading the received from > > line > > > above the message ID line in the headers, but most users choose to > have us > > > check this information for them. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ================================================ > > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > > your subscription information. > > > ================================================ > > > ================================================ > > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > > your subscription information. > > > ================================================ > > > > > > > > > ================================================ > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > your subscription information. > > ================================================ >-- >__________________________________________________________________ >Shannon Roddy California Institute of Technology >[EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston Observatory >ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane >fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA 70754 >================================================ >BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group >Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. >Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change >your subscription information. >================================================ --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Information Systems Contractor http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear PGP Key available at http://www.us.pgp.net In the beginning the Universe was created. This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
