avoiding Spam to this list (Scott and friends :-)

[Hillary Corney <hjc@consultants.u-net.com>]

******    message to minivend-users from Hillary Corney <hjc@consultants.u-net.com>     ******

Hi all,

I have noticed a marked increase in spam mails to this and other lists. 
This is annoying but even more annoying is the flood of mails that always 
follows as people flame the list instead of the original sender.

So for those of you who are new to anti-spam and spam-relay measures if 
you run a mail-server update it to the latest spam proof mail program 
available such as sendmail 8.9.2 and then configure it to reject spam. 
Under redhat 5.2 the simplest way to do this is to use linuxconf to 
configure the mailserver.

If you want to flame a spammer then be VERY careful that you are flaming 
the right person. Spammers KNOW they are going to get flamed and use 
false domain names or "borrow" an inocent persons account.

Examine the mail headers to try and find the original sender use 
traceroute and DNS lookup to determine if the MX domain address address 
is real. if the address is a real one use the whois lookups run by 
internic and ripe etc and you will be able to find the techinical contact 
and company name for the MX record belonging to the domain from which the 
mail originated. Then you can PHONE them up and complain in person which 
is much more effective na unpleasent for them. You can write and complain 
to their ISP which will get their account closed. You can add their 
domain name to the anti-spam lists on the web.

All of which is very much more satisfying than flaming the wrong person 
or list.

Lastly if you do not understand how to carry out the above measures DONT 
DO ANYTHING - until you do.

Cheers and best wishes all,

Hillary
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