From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 10 19:02:17 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCF881065675 for ; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:02:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 987488FC0C for ; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:02:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 174-21-99-21.tukw.qwest.net ([174.21.99.21] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OMmta-0001IN-5a for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:54:31 -0700 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:02:12 -0700 Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:02:12 -0700 From: Chip Camden To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100610190212.GH76770@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <201006101636.o5AGaiwx008741@mail.r-bonomi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201006101636.o5AGaiwx008741@mail.r-bonomi.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com Subject: Re: Fixing the spam from MPCUSTOMER.com X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:02:18 -0000 On Jun 10 2010 11:36, Robert Bonomi wrote: > 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> > Excellent. For those who use getlessmail, I've just committed a change (http://bitbucket.org/apotheon/getlessmail/) to allow piping the message to another command -- in this case, mail. The relevant rule to add to a .getlessmail profile would be something like: ((pipe '/usr/bin/mail -s mpcustomer mp-spam@r-bonomi.com') && block) if field "Reply-To",/\bmpcustomer\.com\b/i -- Sterling (Chip) Camden | camdensoftware.com | chipstips.com | chipsquips.com