I know this isn't technically genealogy, but I know there are a lot of us out there who have been having extra Spam hitting us. this was the response that I receive after forwarding a bunch of Spam that I had received. Alli ---------- > From: Hotmail Customer Support: account_closed <autoresponder@hotmail.com> > To: > Subject: Fw Don't keep me waiting > Date: Sunday, February 07, 1999 10:13 AM > > NEWS FLASH: Hotmail Takes The Offensive Against Spammers > http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/content/zdnn/0126/278638.html > http://www.hotmail.com/pressnospam.html > > Thanks for contacting Hotmail, the original & world's largest free > web-based email provider. > > We DON'T maintain or manage any mailing lists. We provide free email > accounts from which our users send & receive email. To ensure user > privacy, we don't monitor the content of messages as they come and go. > That being said, our TOS forbids email abuse including spam, & we > enforce our TOS with zero-tolerance zeal. > > The account you reported HAS BEEN CLOSED. +99% of these are forged > header addresses in spam NOT SENT BY OR THROUGH Hotmail. We employ > tough > spam counter-measures: > > 1) We severely LIMIT the number of individual recipients allowed per > each email, making Hotmail ineffective for spam. > > 2) Any Hotmail username beginning with a NUMERIC character is a > forgery. > > 3) We include "X-Originating-IP: [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]" in the header > section of each email we deliver; if email doesn't contain this line in > the full header, it DIDN'T come from Hotmail. > > 4) We maintain a FULL login IP history on each Hotmail account. > > 5) We BLOCK our relay hosts from improper use. > > 6) We have announced LEGAL action against spammers who forge Hotmail > addresses into their spam, which NOT SENT BY OR THROUGH our service. > > In general, we've found it's a BAD idea to reply to "remove" addresses, > as this usually only confirms your email address as active, and sends > extra spam your way. > > You may find some of the links below useful in your spam-fighting > efforts. Please contact us if we can be of further help. > > - Hotmail Policy Enforcement (Abuse) > > Fwd Hotmail spam to: abuse@hotmail.com (full msg AND headers) > Hotmail TOS: http://www.hotmail.com/cgi-bin/tos.cgi > Hotmail UCE policy: http://www.hotmail.com/nospam.html > GoodGuys: http://www-fofa.concordia.ca/spam/complaints.shtml > Responsible sites: http://spam.abuse.net/goodsites/ > UCE closures posted: news.admin.net-abuse.email > FTC ScamSpam: http://www.junkemail.org/scamspam/ > Spam-L FAQ: http://www.ot.com/~dmuth/spam-l > "When a problem comes along, you must whip it." > >