* * * * * “If you are having problems with your email, please email us … ” Still trying to resolve the email issue [1]. I sent email to abuse@mpc.example.net and postmaster@mpc.example.net and this is what I got back: > **From:** > **To:** **Subject:** Re: Deblock our customer's email server please > **Date:** Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:25:17 -0500 > > Dear Sir or Madam: > > This is an AUTO-REPLY to acknowledge that your mail to the Abuse Department > of The Monopolistic Phone Company Internet Services has been received and > to provide some information on our abuse policies and procedures. Please DO > NOT REPLY to this message. > > The Monopolistic Phone Company Internet Services does not allow or condone > any abuse of our Acceptable Use Policies, and we maintain a “zero > tolerance” policy towards spam and network abuse of any kind. Because we > take your complaints seriously … > Blah blah blah … okay. Scan past the broiler plate: > Block List issues: > Okay, here we go … > * If you are a Monopolistic Phone Company subscriber and have been listed > on a block list, please send an email with the following information to > abuse@mpc.example.net : your name, email address, who is blocking you and > your contact information. Please put the following in the subject line > “Block Request Removal Assistance”, and we will assist you with this > matter. > Okay, that's not me. Reading further: > * If you are not a Monopolistic Phone Company subscriber and you believe > that The Monopolistic Phone Company Internet Services is blocking your > email, please contact your ISP (Internet Service Provider). > Yes! Okay! Only … **I'm the bloody ISP!** What do I do? > Hacking Complaints: > > If you are reporting "hacking" or scans/probes by a Monopolistic Phone > Copmany Internet Services subscriber that your firewall is detecting, we > need the following … > Aaaaaaah! There's no information for the ISP! Sigh. > Thank you for taking the time to submit your report to the Abuse Team. > XXXXXXX! [1] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2005/09/26.1 Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org .