Someone like me?? EVERYONE is victimized by it, even the webhosts and ISP's that are responsible for it and condone it (i.e. Cogentco, VDI, Internap, Verio and most S. American and As-ian ISP's/hosts), in the long run will be victimized by it as well. It's ALREADY reached that point you describe and BEYOND. UCE costs (the few decent ISP's) (B)Billions of $ each year, not to mention what it's costs victims like me in downtime, wasted time, health damages, etc, etc, etc. A few weeks ago it SURPASSED the 50% mark of ALL email sent! The only thing you can do about it is take the law into your own hands, since no one else will do anything about it. Some poor victimized soul that has HAD IT and "breaks" is going to have to be the sacrificial whipping boy by the Gov't, but he or she will be heralded for all time as being the hero that brought the UCE issue to full light. (You know, like for example the black lady Rosa Parks on the bus in the 60's: she went through h*ll with the cops & Gov't for what she did, yet today she's a hero for her actions). The FTC and FCC have gotten involved WAAAAAAY too late, and as far as their input, it's too little too late. There are numerous class-action lawsuits against several ISP's and hosts and I can't wait to jump on that bandwagon when I can find more info on it. One was on CNN a few weeks ago, but I haven't been able to locate the head lawyer for that suit.
There are new Bills which have recently became laws (or will in a few days) regarding UCE and maybe we can start putting some of these parasites UNDERNEATH the jail where they belong....or better, torture. Just go to any major news website (CNN, FOX, MSNBC, etc) and search for SPAM, UCE, spamming, etc. for their on-site search and you will be horrified at what you see. This is only one of thousands of links on the web you can find, and this was from months ago; things have gotten worse since then. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A17754-2003Mar12 It's all wonderful the 'powers that be' are FINALLY seeing this unrelenting ever-escalating problem for what it is: "CYBER-TERRORISM", but again, I fear it's way too little too late. The proverbial genie has been let out of bottle again. I could go on for months about this topic, but suffice to say, I'm all for a death penalty for spammers, and I'd "pull the switch"! LOL! Everyone is ecstatic about the new "do not call" law* (as of yesterday) for the telephone parasite version of UCE, WHY there is not one yet for UCE is beyond my comprehension. BTW, I don't think it's a good idea to get into a UCE discussion here at this list since I'm SURE it's monitored and even subscribed to by scum spammers, and we DO NOT want to even inadvertently give them anymore ideas on how to attack us. However, any ideas on how to get back at them I'm sure would be appreciated by all...except for them! ;-) Ben here at the list had some really fascinating links he sent me once on what some have done to get back at them, but I can't find them right now. * http://donotcall.gov & http://www.fcc.gov -Clint God Bless Us All....and HELP US ALL! Clint Hamilton, Owner Want to exchange links with us? http://OrpheusComputing.com � ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <snip> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Who's Stewart? Who's Katelyn? I'm sure she's #2. Why do we > allow domains like "khkhttxakddckhtr.com"? ... Harold > > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Harold just because you see that address in the "from" line means nothing. > That's a not a valid address or domain, no such domain name. Spammers > rarely ever use valid addresses.....proving once again that their only > motives are cyber-terrorism. You have to look at the FULL headers for the > true origin, and even in many cases with that they are exploiting some open > relay. Sometimes you may get lucky and see two different addresses in the > full headers; one in the "From" area and another in the "return path" and > once in a while one of them may be valid.- -Clint http://OrpheusComputing.com � Well, if someone like you is also victimized by all the [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s and the myriad other variations, then I best keep quiet and take it on the chin. I can see email eventually reaching a point where it will collapse by its own weight; it's only my opinion ... Harold Btw, the "Unable to start WAV sound." corrected itself. Must have needed a reboot. ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
