Thats right.  You can never tell where a spammer is actually coming from
without alot of work going thru e-mail log files.  They always use bogus
return addresses, so that you only piss off someone else when you actual
respond to it.  And as far as finding the ISP is concerned, it could be
coming from an ISP's mail server only as a relay from some place else.

Curt Brimacomb
                                                      www.magiclink.com
System Manager
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-----Original Message-----
From:   Cortlandt Wilson [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Wednesday, November 26, 1997 4:22 PM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        Re: Re[2]: Email filters

Chris Bartram wrote
<snip>

| Note that it's almost NEVER worthwhile to complain to a spammer directly
| anyway; complain to their Internet providers or to postmaster or abuse
| mailboxes at the companies where the mail comes from.

Chris, how do I find out who the spammer's ISP is?
How does one complain.   By phone, by email?    How does one find out their
email address or phone number?

- Cortlandt Wilson
  Cortlandt Software    (650) 966-8555

   www.netcom.com/~cortlndt  (includes MANMAN 3rd Party Resources site)