Bernie Cosell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Well, some of that comes from being an old-timer and mostly
> understanding all the gibberish... But it looks like "www.samspade.org"
> has a lot of good information [plus a handy tool to help you out if you
> have a windows box nearby]. In particular, you can go to
> <http://www.samspade.org/ssw/help/d_docs.htm> and you ought to find
> plenty of info there...
And to add to that: If there are more than three abuse addresses in the
header of your initial complaint mail (spammer, relay, drop-box), as a
general rule you're complaining to too many people at once. Please do
*not* send complaints to more than one address at a given site. If you're
worried that abuse@site won't work and don't want to deal with the bounce,
use the abuse.net forwarding service. People at most sites can handle
forwarding misdirected mail to the appropriate internal address; the
exception is mostly just huge ISPs who think they're big enough to force
other people to jump through their hoops. When I get mail that's
addressed to postmaster, abuse, security, InterNIC contacts, *and* root
all at once, my immediate inclination is to ignore it completely; it
definitely doesn't make me want to help the person.
--
Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
