[3877] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: *** MAKE SPAM@INTERRAMP.COM DIE FAST!!! *** (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Rhett)
Sat Aug 24 07:21:03 1996
To: rsanders@mindspring.net (Robert Sanders)
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 04:08:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Joe Rhett" <joe@Navigist.Com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <kn686au7xm.fsf@xena.mindspring.com> from "Robert Sanders" at Aug 22, 96 10:54:13 pm
> lists@reflections.mindspring.com writes:
> > The transition has not yet occurred; we will start transferring customers
> > come the beginning of September.
> In addition, we will not be offering free demo accounts. The ease
> with which spammers can acquire throwaway PSI accounts, coupled with
> PSI's inability to trace a given post back to its source, has made PSI
> a spammer's dream. It's not a matter of apathy, but of impotence.
> Those in charge of curtailing net abuse had few of the facilities
> necessary to do so.
> We will require NNTP authentication for news posting, and will
> immediately take action against accounts whose postings violate our
> terms of service (http://www.mindspring.com/aboutms/policy.html).
This must be a new tactic for you. I have received numerous spam-mail
messages from mindspring.com. I have sent numerous messages to
postmaster and abuse@mindspring concerning this problem, and never
received a reply.
So your words are nice, but the reality checkbox is empty.
