[7185] in SIPB bug reports
Re: ADV: FIVE CENNTS per MINUTE LONG DISTANCE !!! (19971) (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jered J Floyd)
Tue Feb 23 12:11:03 1999
To: "Every New Begining Comes From Some Beginning's End" <mfenders@emerald.tufts.edu>
Cc: bug-sipb@MIT.EDU
From: Jered J Floyd <jered@MIT.EDU>
Date: 23 Feb 1999 12:10:27 -0500
In-Reply-To: Every New Begining Comes From Some Beginning's End's message of "Tue, 23 Feb 1999 11:58:29 -0500 (EST)"
> I checked the header and it traces back to MIT
>
> can you help or tell me who I should contact
We're getting a lot of this annoying spam here too...alas it's not as
easy as just tracking it back here. MIT was the step before it got to you,
probably because you're on some MIT mailing list that received the spam.
If you keep jumping back, you'll see that:
> Received: from MIT.EDU (SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU)
> by emerald.tufts.edu (PMDF V5.1-12 #U3521)
> id <0F7M00L015B3EC@emerald.tufts.edu>; Tue, 23 Feb 1999 10:21:03 -0500 (EST)
> Received: from MIT.EDU (SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU)
> by emerald.tufts.edu (PMDF V5.1-12 #U3521)
> with SMTP id <0F7M00C1Q5B3KT@emerald.tufts.edu>; Tue,
> 23 Feb 1999 10:21:03 -0500 (EST)
> Received: from [208.12.76.11] by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA18489; Tue,
> 23 Feb 1999 10:08:05 -0500 (EST)
the mail originated at [208.12.76.11]. For some reason, this address isn't
in DNS, but it identifies itself as allegra.abinternet.net. Most likely
they are operating this mail server as an open relay that allows spammers
to use their systems without leaving a trace of where the mail originated
(to you, at least.) You may want to contract "postmaster@abinternet.com"
with the full spam and let them know about this problem.
--Jered Floyd
jered@mit.edu
