Spam .. Find the sender !

Wed May 13 00:34:47 UTC 1998

On Tue, May 12, 1998 at 01:06:17AM -0400, Dean Robb wrote:
> >	Looks like a UUnet dialup user to me.  I'd say call UUnet's NOC,
> >find out to whom this dialup was resold (e.g. Mindspring, Earthlink,
> >etc...) and give them a call.  Good luck.
> >
> 
> And if the NOC actually provides that info, please drop me a line.  Their
> abuse people keep telling us on SPAM-L that they their legal VP won't let
> them release the names of the resellers using the POPs.  If there's a way
> around that...it'd be most handy...

I don't expect them to release it to _me_, but if they refuse to pursue
the spam problem with _their_ customer, whom they _can identify_, then,
well... maybe it's time for someone to threaten
president at whitehouse.gov via a leased UUnet dialup...

Cheers,
-- jra
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