[Gllug] how do i report spam?

Chris Bell chrisbell at overview.demon.co.uk
Thu Feb 16 13:08:14 UTC 2006


On Thu 16 Feb, t.clarke wrote:
> 
> Hi
> We are getting huge quantities of spam attempts from a site in the States
> which appears to an adsl connection through verizon.net
> 
> They are all being blocked at smtp time  (upon receipt of mail from: <>)
> so no real problem,  but they may well be a problem for others.
> The emails purport to come from various 'bank' domains  (halifax.co.uk,
> alliance-leicester.co.uk,  woolwich.co.uk) and presumambly contain a virus
> or somesuch.
> 
> Any suggestions as to how to get the ISP concerned to do something about it,
> or would I just be wasting my time ?
> 

   Do not believe the textual originating address before checking using
whois and the numerical IP address. The whois result should give the correct
reporting address, which is not always abuse at .....

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Chris Bell

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