[ale] spamming myself

[Christopher R. Curzio]

Unfortunately, even if it DID come from Comcast, their abuse department is
useless. They apparently don't give a rat's ass what goes on within their
network.

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I think what the original poster meant was harvesting of e-mail addresses
from the list, which I've noticed has already happened several times over.


I swear, what I wouldn't give for an hour in a room with several sharp
objects, a bowling ball, some pliers, a half-dozen bottles of rubbing
alcohol, the distributor from a '94 Toyota Camry, bleach, and a handful of
spammers. 

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Thus Spake Geoffrey <esoteric at 3times25.net>:
Sat, 18 Oct 2003 18:02:46 -0400


> Cy Kurtz wrote:
> > I just received a spam from myself! Apparently someone is spoofing my
> > email address. I forwarded the spam to abuse at comcast.net. Any ideas on
> > what else I should do?
> 
> Probably won't do any good telling comcast.  If you look at the headers,
> 
> you're likely to see the email came from a non-comcast ip.
> 
> > 
> > I hope the spammer doesn't hit the ale list. Heads up.
> 
> You have to be subscribed to the list to post.
> 
> -- 
> Until later, Geoffrey	esoteric at 3times25.net
> 
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