[6772] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Specific mailbombing threat (was Sprint, etc.)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Dillon)
Sun Jan 5 14:27:31 1997
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 11:19:59 -0800 (PST)
From: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <v03007807aef59fd20ea6@[168.143.1.215]>
On Sun, 5 Jan 1997, Howard C. Berkowitz wrote:
> I don't want, either, to get into the ethics of spam or carrier
> responsibilities. Traffic and congestion issues, however, are another
> matter. I received yet another cyberpromo spam this morning, that contains
> a specific threat of retaliatory mailbombing -- IF CYBERPROMO'S _SOFTWARE_
> decides a response is a flame.
> Think about it if this cyberpromo threat is real. What if several people
> respond with flames? What is the potential for congestion if this
> escalates?
What if Cyberpromo sells this software to other spammers? What if the
spammers are all on a mailing list sharing their techniques? What if
iq-internet.com is running a similar mail robot and that is causing the
flood that is hitting world.std.com?
> (b)email to 3 million people a questionable item with your return email
> address.
Sounds like intent to commit a crime to me.
Michael Dillon - Internet & ISP Consulting
Memra Software Inc. - Fax: +1-604-546-3049
http://www.memra.com - E-mail: michael@memra.com
