[Milsurplus] SPAM using this list

[Bruce Lane]

Hi, gang,

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On 21-Sep-04 at 12:21 J. Forster wrote:

>Someone in  Korea is harvesting addresses from this list and using it to
>send out SPAM. This is CERTAIN because this list's address is referenced in the
>email as a clickable link.

	FYI: 'SPAM' (all uppercase) is a registered trademark of Hormel Foods. What you refer to is 'spam' (E-mail spewage).

>The culprit's email address is:
>
> skyok at skylifeok.ne

	Probably forged.

>If you think this is totally unacceptable, I suggest you use Google to
>find the email address of Korean officials and tell them how you feel about this
>kind of abuse.

	Speaking as someone who's been self-hosted (read: I run all my own servers, including DNS) for years, I can say with absolute confidence that you're unlikely to even get a boilerplate response out of any Korean, official or otherwise, in reference to their huge spammer infestation (though I do agree that the behavior of any spammer is utterly reprehensible).

	Let me put it another way: There's a reason that the entire COUNTRY of Korea has been placed in God only knows how many spam blacklists (my own included), and thus denied connectivity, at least in terms of E-mail, to numerous ISPs and domains all over the rest of the planet.

	For those that have the ability to do so, I strongly suggest blocking any traffic from Korean IP space until they get their mess cleaned up (I'm not counting on it in my lifetime).

	Keep the peace(es).


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