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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical AOL spamming policy?!?
I've gotten this same message now from four different AOL users today. Just wondering if anyone knows if this is just a group of people working together to fight spam, or if AOL is doing this, sending e-mail from their users without them knowing, or ... ??? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 09:43:40 EDT From: *** FROM DELETED *** To: [email protected], *** OTHER ADDRESSESS REMOVED *** Subject: Polite Request Dear Sirs I have received Unsolicited Bulk E-Mail (UBE) apparently from yourselves or from one of your direct or indirect customers. I don't like it and would ask for your cooperation to put a stop to it. Most of the UBE I receive looks dishonest to me. I am sure your company isn't like that but you would do well to avoid using or permitting the same methods as these "spammers" lest you be tarred with the same brush. Also, you may be aware that a growing number of ISPs are taking to blocking incoming mail from "spam" domains. I don't want that to happen because I might lose legitimate mail and you might be inconvenienced. --snip-- The original message then followed, and it turns out that I am getting the mail because the spammer is trying to fake their host name, but it is simple to look and see their real IP address and reverse DNS, so, no, noone is spamming from my domain. I guess nodomainname.com is a popular domain name if you have no domain name. But that's beside the point. +-----------------------------+--------------------------------+ | Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo | [email protected] | | NoDomainName Networks | http://www.nodomainname.net | +-----------------------------+--------------------------------+
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