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Date:      Fri, 12 Sep 1997 19:01:06 +0100
From:      Damian Hamill <damian@cablenet.net>
To:        "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: spammer used our domain
Message-ID:  <34198362.15FB7483@cablenet.net>
References:  <199709121710.KAA20718@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>

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Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> 
> > A spammer recently sent an email to members@aol.com using a bogus from
> > address as a user in our domain.  I temporarily blocked emails from aol
> > but I had to remove the block for obvious reasons.  I am still getting
> > replies from indignant people.
> 
> I can't help you fix the hate mail being sent to you, but I can
> offer the fact that in some states there is case law on the books
> with significant damages collected against people who have done
> this.  If you have been able to track down the source of the spam
> that used your domain address as a reply-to or from field you have
> ground for civil and/or criminal action against the party/parties
> who created it.

I know exactly who it was, it was Orion Electronics whose phone number
is 407-677-7952.  Is that anywhere near Omaha Nebraska ? (it looks like
they used a uunet dialup account to a PoP there to post the spam).

regards
damian

-- 
*    Damian Hamill   M.D.       damian@cablenet.net
* CableNet & The Landscape Channel
* http://www.cablenet.net/   http://www.landscapetv.com/



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