[6386] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: haven for spammers?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dick St.Peters)
Mon Dec 2 22:30:11 1996
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 22:25:19 -0500 (EST)
From: "Dick St.Peters" <stpeters@NetHeaven.com>
To: Bill Woodcock <woody@zocalo.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199612022028.MAA11927@zocalo.net>
Bill Woodcock writes:
> Just a quick note wrt replying to parent-domains of spam-
> originators... Note that "domain.com" is just the example domain, and is
> the default "reply-to" address for many mailers. If the reply-to
> address is "user@domain.com" or "user@host.domain.com," YOU DON'T NEED
> TO SEND ME MAIL TO TELL ME ABOUT IT, since thousands of other people
> already do. :-) Look at the sender address, not the reply-to address.
In this same vein, @comp.com is the default used by at least one spam
software package. Domain comp.com is registered to one of our
clients, but they have nothing to do with the spams - and we and they
don't need to hear about them.
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Dick St.Peters, Gatekeeper, Pearly Gateway, Ballston Spa, NY
StPeters@NetHeaven.com Owner, NetHeaven 518-885-1295/800-910-6671
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