Hopefully some of you have some technical advice on how to deal with the
following spamming nightmare.
A person who calls himself "Sanford Wallace" somehow managed
to gain mailing access to one of my annoucement lists, Hot Travel Deals.
He then sent multiple spams to all of the list subscribers.
Sparklist, my listhost, has no idea how this happened.
Therefore, although Sparklist and I contacted the spammer
and ordered him to cease and desist, there is no guarantee
that this will not happen again -- although he hasn't
sent any messages to the list in the last couple of days.
"Sanford" first subscribed his multiple email addresses to the
list, then somehow managed to throw a loop
into the list -- which is an annoucement list --
so that it was, in essence, a digest.
All messages sent to the listowner's email address -- including his
spams -- were therefore
sent to the entire list.
He used someone else's address as a return email alias, and of course this
person
was besieged with hundreds of email complaints.
Finally, I have tonight learned that he has just started using the listowner
email address
for Hot Travel Deals as his return address for some of his spams.
Please, any suggestions as to how to deal with this as a technical
matter?
Marcy Peek
P.S. We hear that Sanford is a notorious spammer.
His website address is http://www.sanfordwallace.com.
All of his Philadelphia phone numbers have been disconnected,
although he does reply to emails sent to his legitimate addresses.
One is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Any information that you have
about this person would be appreciated.
