From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Sep 12 11:13:33 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA24979 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 11:13:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from GndRsh.aac.dev.com (GndRsh.aac.dev.com [198.145.92.241]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA24973 for ; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 11:13:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from rgrimes@localhost) by GndRsh.aac.dev.com (8.8.5/8.7.3) id LAA20890; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 11:12:24 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199709121812.LAA20890@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Subject: Re: spammer used our domain In-Reply-To: <34198362.15FB7483@cablenet.net> from Damian Hamill at "Sep 12, 97 07:01:06 pm" To: damian@cablenet.net (Damian Hamill) Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 11:12:24 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 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. > > 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). If this has caused you damages, and you can document them, you may wish to contact a lawyer about filing a suite against them. If you wish I will contact someone I know who has been down this road and see if he is willing to help you out with it. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation, Inc. Reliable computers for FreeBSD