Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:36:44 -0500 (CDT) From: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Fixing the spam from MPCUSTOMER.com Message-ID: <201006101636.o5AGaiwx008741@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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I have an approach that will get MidPhase's attention, but I need the help of as many of the other victims of their borked support system as I can round up. Anybody who gets one of their misbeggotten trouble-ticket acks, please forward (or copy, or whatever) the message, with *COMPLETE* headers, to 'mp-spam@r-bonomi.com'. Feel free to forward _every_ such ack you get, If you have saved copies of their prior crimes, feel free to send them to the above address, as well. Please send each such as a separate email, however; I'm tabulating on the basis of each message received -here-. If you have/use procmail for handling incoming mail,, a recipie of: 0: H: * ^From: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org * ^Reply.*mpcustomer ! mp-spam@r-bonomi.com will do it automatically, _and_ eliminate it from your inbox. However you do it, I'll bit-bucket anything not matching those two REs in an _unanchored_ form, so a 'false-positive' in a forwarded message is "no problem". The larger the number of 'victims' I can show _actual_proof_ of, the more of a reaction I'll be able to stir up. The 'fun-and-games' -- They are in out-and-out violation of that mostly *useless* piece of legislation known as CAN-SPAM. Their *forgery* of the "From: " line to show the address of the mailing-list is a clear violation of 15 USC 7704 (a) (1). What's even -more- fun, is that they are going to shoot themselves in the foot -- they will auto-ack *this* message, thereby establishing that they have "actual notice" of the violation, and thus, that *EVERY* subsequent violation is 'knowing and wilful'. Enough of the people on this list (a) run their own servers, and (b) provide email handling for at least _one_ other person, such that they qualify, UNDER CAN-SPAM, as an ISP, and thus _have_ "standing" to initate a private lawsuit under said law (=individuals= do _not_ have that right, *only* ISPs, the way the law is written). Now, with a whole _bunch_ of *ISPs* being victims, there is the possibility of a _CLASS_ACTION_ civil suit. One can imagine what kind of _news_ coverage that even the contemplation of such an action would carry. When I have a reasonable amount of 'ammunition' in hand, I look forward to a _very_ "interesting" discussion with their legal counsel. <*BIG* grin>
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