[109262] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of Online Scams andSpams
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Skywing)
Thu Nov 13 11:01:45 2008
From: Skywing <Skywing@valhallalegends.com>
To: John Bambenek <bambenek@gmail.com>, Charles Wyble <charles@thewybles.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:01:30 -0600
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
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