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

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On Wed, 5 May 99 12:07:47 +0   Hillary Corney wrote:
>******    message to minivend-users from Hillary Corney <hjc@consultants.u-net.com>     ******
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>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.
>

Another thing you could do is using a program Mike Heins wrote at www.minivend.com/cgi-bin/nailem.html.

It does find automatically for you to whom you should
send a complain with a template letter. Have a look. It's very convenient to use.

Birgitt Funk




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