Spam Advise
Duane Attaway
dattaway at dattaway.org
Fri Mar 28 09:10:14 CST 2003
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Aaron wrote:
> incoming spam is either filtered or gets sent (manually) to a script
> that strips the header off and saves the e-mail address it was sent
I wouldn't worry about the legal issues with this. The logic of this
scheme is simply not wise. The IP address of the originating server can
be determined; however, the email string volunteered to that number may
be of dubious nature. You may end up flooding people exactly like
yourself in a retaliatory game from a delusional spammer. Your best case
scenario is your address may be likely to be identified as a spammer.
Your best bet would be to do a "whois -h whois.arin.net [ipnumber]" and
add that network block to your iptables --unless of course, that network
has an active abuse team. I was getting dozens of spams a day and now I
get one a week at the most.
OK, I confess. There is one great thing that I love to do for getting
even. Field trips. Once I was lucky enough to get spammed by someone
here in Kansas City...
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