From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Sep 12 11:07:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA24486 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 11:07:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from axe.cablenet.net (axe.cablenet.net [194.154.36.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA24479 for ; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 11:07:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from axe (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by axe.cablenet.net (8.8.6/8.6.9) with SMTP id TAA15529; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 19:03:17 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <341983E5.59E2B600@cablenet.net> Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 19:03:17 +0100 From: Damian Hamill Organization: CableNet Ltd X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.4 sun4m) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Rodney W. Grimes" CC: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: spammer used our domain References: <199709121710.KAA20718@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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. The problem is though the spammer is based in the US and we are a UK company. It isn't going to be easy for us to pursue this. regards damian -- * Damian Hamill M.D. damian@cablenet.net * CableNet & The Landscape Channel * http://www.cablenet.net/ http://www.landscapetv.com/