[76758] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Spam Abuse Script from The World (roky@shell.TheWorld.com)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Dennis)
Sun Dec 26 11:05:20 2004
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 08:04:49 -0800 (PST)
From: Dave Dennis <dmd@speakeasy.org>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20041226135407.GA16408@gweep.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Guys, join SPAM-L and duke it out. nanog is supposed to be networking issues.
Which a runaway spam reporting problem is most likely not.
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+ Dave Dennis
+ Seattle, WA
+ dmd@speakeasy.org
+ http://www.dmdennis.com
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On Sun, 26 Dec 2004, Joe Provo wrote:
>
>
> Folllowups elsewhere - this isn't nanog fodder kids.
>
> On Sat, Dec 25, 2004 at 08:56:42PM -0800, David A. Ulevitch wrote:
> > There is nobody behind the wheel at The World and they continue
> > to send out this odd anti-spam spam.
>
> Wrong and wrong; there are definitely clues at the helm, and it
> sure appears to be a user from offered evidence. As a matter of
> fact the OWNER and OPERATOR of the site said as much in mail that
> was forwarding in response to your first thrashing about on the
> matter. See http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/msg03630.html
>
> > Some folks emailed me privately to suggest the emails are coming
> > from one of their users but I believe this is not the case.
>
> Repeated assertions of beliefs does not transmogrify them into
> facts. People who insist on making nanog [or some other public
> fourm] their first stop on an troubleshooting chain will find
> themselves wildly disappointed. In this case, see the FAQ for
> more aappropriate places to spew.
>
> Joe
>
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