oops, sorry for the on-list rant.  well, maybe somebody from att is out
there?  I can hope, but I'm not holding my breath.

Tracy Pierce



> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 9:14 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: OT - new SPAM technique...how's it done?
>
>
> X-no-Archive:yes
> Since Bruce has given a detailed explanation of how this can
> be done, you
> (John Lee) might consider, and might even enjoy, reporting
> that spam thru
> www.spamcop.net using their free reporting service. Be sure
> to check the
> Technical detail reporting check box when you report, and the
> resulting page
> will show you an analysis of the SMTP header.
>
> I've been able to use this information to write some spam
> filtering rules.
> And I keep wondering just how hard it would be for major ISPs
> to perform
> more of this validation. For instance, almost all of the spam
> I receive at
> work first passes thru someone's open relay, with most of these abused
> relays being in China, Korea, Japan, and perhaps a few other Asian
> countries. So, filtering on those country codes in the headers catches
> those. Were it up to me, I would filter those at the server.
> But I cannot
> even get AT&T Broadband, my home ISP, to agree to respond to
> any spam that
> does not originate on their own network. Imagine that. NONE
> of the spam I
> get at home originates on their network. Imagine that.
>
> Greg Stigers
> http://www.cgiusa.com
>
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