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>From: Barry Lee Brisco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: WC:>: Hotmail snuffs spammer
>Date: Wed, Oct 14, 1998, 10:07 AM
>
>>Huh... the system *does* work sometimes.
>>
>>Got a lengthy get-rich-quick spam today from a hotmail.com address.
>>Between my and my ISP's spam filters I actually receive very little of the
>>stuff, so it irks me when I do.
>>
>>Looked up hotmail's complaints section on the Web, and sent a copy of
>>the offending mail to abuse @hotmail.com. I asked to be notified if/when
>>the violator was either reprimanded or turfed out.
>>
>>Just six hours later I received the following from them:
>>
>> We have closed the account that you reported. Hotmail does not
>> condone or support the sending of junk email (aka "spam")
>> through our system. The Hotmail Terms of Services (TOS) strictly
>> forbids sending unsolicited email and we terminate all reported
>> accounts that are in violation of the TOS. We appreciate your
>> mail alerting us to the spammer using our system. Our ANTI-SPAM
>> policy can be found at http://www.hotmail.com/nospam.html
Standard reply msg. I have reported 20 spammers to abuse and that is the
exact same
msg I got. Depends on time of day is how fast you get this msg. They
probably get
thousands of spam abuse reports a day.
>>Glad to see they take spam seriously. And I guess the moral of the story
>>is, "Don't get mad, get even".
>
>Brent, while it's true that Hotmail is very concientious about closing
>spammers accounts, what does this really accomplish? Opening a hotmail
>account takes secdons. All they have to do is open antother, spam, get
>kicked off, repeat as needed.
>
>IMO, free email services area a major source of spam, and they create a
>serious problem for everyone. I wish they would just shut down. They're a
>menace to the net. I get spam from hotmail accounts all the time. Though
>sometimes it appears that the From line is forged, and it's not really a
>hotmail account.
>
>Barry
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