See inline comment. --- "Jay D. Dyson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > On 6 Dec 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Could you please tell me what one can do to > counter these spammers... > > My email address has been hidden under the BCC: > tag and the unsubscribe > > path is an invalid email. Their website has an > unsubscribe button but > > it doesn't do anything except look like its > functioning. > > There isn't really much one can do with these APNIC > spammers apart > from outright blocking those IPs from connecting to > your SMTP port. They > intentionally alter their envelope data, from and to > enough to circumvent > most any Procmail ruleset. > > And you should forget about ever following *any* > spammer's > "unsubscribe" directives. Those "unsubscribe" > things aren't anything of > the sort. They are instead a means of confirming > "live" e-mail addresses > which they will in turn sell to other spammers as > confirmed addresses that > they will in turn spam even more, each with their > own bogus "unsubscribe" > addresses. >
Not to mention that some of these links attempt to snag your NTLM credentials... > > I am sick of these guys spamming, could someone > offer some help as to > > what can be done about these(THIS) spammer(s) ? > > Well, let's have a look. > > > Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Received: from public1.qd.sd.cn (unverified > [202.102.134.100]) by i01sv0648 > > (Rockliffe SMTPRA 4.5.4) with ESMTP id > <B1514799141@i01sv0648>; > > Tue, 4 Dec 2001 11:09:51 +0000 > > Okay, the spam is coming from China. You can > forget any > meaningful action being taken against the spammers. > The admins throughout > APNIC are the most sorry lot I've ever > encountered[1]. > > > Received: from ok.ru > (95.dallas-01rh15rt-tx.dial-access.att.net > [12.86.200.95]) > > by public1.qd.sd.cn (8.9.3+Sun/8.8.8) with SMTP id > TAA01523; > > Tue, 4 Dec 2001 19:07:16 +0800 (CST) > > Okay, some gimp at att.net has been injecting the > spam through the > Chinese open relay. Send a complaint to att.net and > encourage them to > nuke their spammer. They're usually pretty good > about handling it > quickly. > > - -Jay > > 1. I don't personally fault these people. They live > in a land > wherein multiple "Cultural Revolutions" tend to > cost intelligent > people their heads. I don't really blame them for > not wanting > to seem "too smart" and competently handle their > systems. > > ( ( > _______ > )) )) .-"There's always time for a good cup > of coffee"-. >====<--. > C|~~|C|~~| (>----- Jay D. Dyson -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----<) | = |-' > `--' `--' `---------- Si vis pacem, para bellum. > ----------' `------' > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: 2.6.2 > Comment: See http://www.treachery.net/~jdyson/ for > current keys. > > iQCVAwUBPBOwaLlDRyqRQ2a9AQFFowP/b3wiJmwT4xzEZLAWN5FgSXxMpGV+IWKE > F1ZHn7vO1dstJvHxlDQJ5GAG1OAieGfIkWxv88YztB4Ty8Mc1dd7U6oJV8nfMR16 > cMuooN3vDZO0PumdFVvkKVwp+aW/8W9BLx+UJx82ml8tBAq74iB3NBfuXoJ/yS5/ > 2W4ebesmsSk= > =O+t4 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com
