Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 23:36:49 +0900 From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: Don Lewis <Don.Lewis@tsc.tdk.com> Cc: jbryant@unix.tfs.net, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: Forward all spam to UCE@FTC.GOV Message-ID: <199901141436.XAA10694@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 14 Jan 1999 06:11:24 PST." <199901141411.GAA25453@salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com> References: <199901141411.GAA25453@salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com>
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This sort of forwarding facility should be an option; do not make it default! FreeBSD is used not only in US, but also all over the world, you know. I don't think FTC would in any way like to deal with spams outside of US. Kazu >On Jan 13, 7:36pm, Jim Bryant wrote: >} Subject: Forward all spam to UCE@FTC.GOV >} This announcement is located on the Federal Trade Commission's >} complaint form page http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/complaint.htm >} >} ------------------ >} If you would like to forward unsolicited commercial e-mail (spam) to >} the Commission, please send it directly to UCE@FTC.GOV without using >} this form. >} ------------------ >} >} Could this be added to sendmail.cf somehow by default? maybe as a >} comment? Maybe as some kind of autoforwarder in spam filtering? > >This would also forward non UCE spam (religious, revenge spams, etc.) >as well as any false positives that tripped the spam filter. Also, >not all UCE type spams are best reported to the UCE address. Stock >spams should be reported to the SEC, and quack medicines should be >reported to the FDA. I also think that overstuffing the FTC mailbox >may make them less effective at whacking the spammers that need it >the most. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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