X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,c81d70a83de2b4a8 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-02-25 14:14:05 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed.icl.net!isdnet!grolier!btnet-peer0!btnet!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news6-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Stuart Moore" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art References: <6uwvaev4gg.fsf@chonsp.franklin.ch> Subject: Re: Sudden Spam Epedemic Lines: 65 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 21:59:50 -0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.255.96.249 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news6-win.server.ntlworld.com 983138407 62.255.96.249 (Sun, 25 Feb 2001 22:00:07 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 22:00:07 GMT Organization: ntlworld News Service Xref: supernews.google.com alt.ascii-art:4604 Neil Franklin wrote in message news:6uwvaev4gg.fsf@chonsp.franklin.ch... > "Stuart Moore" writes: > > > On my NG feed, we've just received 3 cable box descrambler plans and one > > pornographic binary - is everyone seeing this or are the rest of you lucky > > enough to have decent filters? > > They also arrive here (at least the 3 cable TV ones). > I got 4, one of which contained 2 small jpgs, perhaps your provider blocks binarys. > > > Anything we can do about it? > > Most spammers: > > Identify the providers of: > > - their net access (see the NNTP-Posting-Host: line) Constant domein for all 4: ip113.orlando14.fl.pub-ip.psi.net for one and ip38.orlando14.fl.pub-ip.psi.net for the other 3; have forwarded to abuse@psi.net > - their usenet access (see the tail of the Path: line) All gone through tiac.net for me; 2 seemed to originate there, 2 from german domains. These 2 and one that does originate from tiac.net have: !news-feed1.tiac.net.MISMATCH So I'm guessing someone could have tried to fake this, and forwarded them to tiac.net > > This particular cable TV spammer: > > He has no mail box and no web site and treats net access as "hit and > run". So the best is to forward them to uce@ftc.gov so that they > follow up the phone numbers and postal mail boxes to get him. How do you know he treats net access as hit and run? > > Note: this is a government agancy mail box (federal trade commission), > so the more people that complain of an particular spammer, the more > likely they are going to take this particular spammer serious. That is > also why you should not distract them with spams where you can go to > the providers. > > Alternatively if you are in Florida: follow up the postal address and > find out if local law enables you to privately sue him (for wasting > you resources, see also anti FAX spam laws). Sorry, I'm in the UK. Although that said, I might try to sue him from here; I'll get him for not making his mind up about the US President at the same time too ;-) (sorry couldn't resist it) Hope this isn't to OT for some people, but given the Commodore thread I doubt anything could be ;-) Stuart