OT: "OMG YOU SENT TEH VIRUSESS"

[Craig Daters]

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On Jun 15, 2005, at 4:37 PM, Scott Silva wrote:

> Sean Embry said the following on 6/15/2005 1:05 PM:
>>>>> kodak at FRONTIERHOMEMORTGAGE.COM 6/15/2005 11:46:14 AM >>>
>> Like a lot of you, I'm on a lot of mailing lists.
>> snip
>>
>> Has anyone had any success with these situations
>> before? Any magic words that seem to help
>> straighten out the offending parties?
>>>>> kodak at FRONTIERHOMEMORTGAGE.COM 6/15/2005 11:46:14 AM >>>
>> A SpamCop listing seems to get them to pay attention when all else 
>> fails.
>
> But isn't this kind of report against spamcop's rules?
> They suggest contacting the isp for virus related stuff.

The ISP yes, the forged email addresses no. As an admin, I would notify 
the admin from the originating network with the information on the 
offending messages and that would be the end of it. I would not send 
notices back to the people listed in the "From:" portion of the emails. 
This is where that particular admin is out of line. He (the offending 
company admin) notified Jason that it was their policy to notify the 
entity appearing in the "From:" portion of the email, forged or not. 
Thus he is contributing to the flood of useless mail that circulates on 
the internet. Consider the percentage of legitimate hits they get with 
their notifications? I bet that it is far lower than the amount of 
messages that are forged.

I admire that this particular admin is trying to "do the right thing", 
but he just isn't grounded in reality.

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Craig Daters (craig at westpress.com)
Systems Administrator

West Press
1663 West Grant Road
Tucson, Arizona 85745

(520) 624-4939 x208
(520) 624-2715 fax
www.westpress.com

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