Hi, all -- After some trial and error, the spam filters we have in place now seem to be working pretty well against the current cretins and hooligans. As evidence, I indicate Brian's letter, which was blocked from the IALOUISA list merely because it quoted the original porno spam. :-) These jackasses have wasted so much of our time and resources that we may look into pursuing some legal action against them. Every hour that I put into blocking and controlling spam is an hour that we can't spend improving our services for you... <sigh> More of the hidden costs of unsolicited bulk e-mail. Regards, Tim Pierce RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative system obfuscator and hack-of-all-trades On Wed, Jul 01, 1998 at 10:04:42AM -0700, abuse@rootsweb.com wrote: > Hi -- > > This is an automated notice from the RootsWeb list server. > Someone recently sent this message to your list. It looks > suspiciously like spam, so it was NOT distributed to your list. > > However, we're sending you a copy just in case the spam detector > made a mistake. If this was actually a legitimate message that > shouldn't have been blocked, please forward this message to > abuse@rootsweb.com and tell us, so we can try to make the Spam > Detective a little smarter. > > Thanks -- > The RootsWeb Spam Detective > > [rejected spam included below] > -------------------------------------------------- > > >From leverich@bl-5.rootsweb.com Wed Jul 1 10:04:40 1998 > Received: from bl-4.rootsweb.com (rootsweb.com [204.212.38.29]) > by fp-1.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA27602 > for <IALOUISA-L@fp-1.rootsweb.com>; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 10:04:40 -0700 (PDT) > Received: from bl-5.rootsweb.com (bw-5.rootsweb.com [208.1.40.117]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id KAA28832; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 10:04:36 -0700 > Received: from bl-5.rootsweb.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bl-5.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id KAA04052; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 10:04:31 -0700 > Message-Id: <199807011704.KAA04052@bl-5.rootsweb.com> > To: gentzler@gte.net > cc: IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com, Debra Stover <djstover@erols.com>, > "Dr. Brian Leverich" <leverich@rootsweb.com> > Reply-to: "Dr. Brian Leverich" <leverich@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: IALOUISA-D Digest V98 #38 > In-reply-to: Your message of Tue, 30 Jun 1998 21:48:07 PDT. > <3599BF86.BA77EC2D@gte.net> > Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 10:04:30 -0700 > From: Brian Leverich <leverich@rootsweb.com> > > > > We're doing all we can, but these bozos are actively trying to > penetrate our spam filters. Makes it very difficult to keep them > out. > > I would *strongly* recommend you "close" your lists so only > subscribers can post. That would keep this crud out of your > subscribers' mailboxes. -B > > > -- Your message was: (from "Ed Gentzler") > > Debra, > > > > Let me assure you, this garbage is NOT typical or even usual. Iv'e been > > subscribing to a number of roots lists and digests for over a year now > > and this is the first time I've ever seen anything of this sort! Hardly > > ever even see any ordinary advertizing or spam duye to the filters that > > are used on this. > > > > I'm forwarding this to the RootsWeb guru who will definitely do > > something about it. > > > > Ed