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February 21st, 2003, 03:47 AM
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OT: Spam
Hey all, I just received a spam email from wjopcpatrocities@rima***** It is bad enough that these low life SOB's, and they are SOB's, need to spam us about the crap they are trying sell, promote, or otherwise dump onto the public, but now they have to "STEAL" a persons name to do it?
What to do now to stop or otherwise limit these SOB's? Oh no, responding to them is not an option.
I think I will report them to MSN, see what they will do about it. Probably nothing.
[ February 21, 2003, 01:56: Message edited by: Atrocities ]
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February 21st, 2003, 04:04 AM
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Re: OT: Spam
Maybe they would like to hear about it.
Microsoft Fights Spam With Subpoenas
Update: Suit against Hotmail address harvesters is the first of several.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,109445,00.asp
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February 21st, 2003, 04:20 AM
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Re: OT: Spam
Thanks. 
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February 21st, 2003, 06:32 AM
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Re: OT: Spam
Honestly with a whois lookup and other tools, you can find out who owns the address, and then report them to their ISP, and if the ISP is smart, they will yank them.
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February 21st, 2003, 12:06 PM
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Re: OT: Spam
The problem is, "They are" the ISP. Its easy, they open a bajillion email accounts, using hijacked email address, and then bulk email them from there own ISP, or Webserver. The name thing is a direct issue related to something that happened to MSN hotmail. It was hacked, and the email addresses were taken, according to the link that gryphin posted. Tis sicking, but that is life on the internet.
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February 22nd, 2003, 02:48 AM
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Re: OT: Spam
Different artical
ISPs Escalate War on Spam
AOL joins Microsoft in new, tougher efforts to squash spam.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/...022003X,00.asp
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