HW: Spam using hawkwinds name and domain name

Hulsebos A arjanh at CS.VU.NL
Wed Jun 17 04:17:44 EDT 1998


On Jun 17,  8:55am, Andy C wrote:

>Just got this: , seems some one is using the
>Hawkwind name and domain in vain !
>
>
>Someone care to do something about it ?

I'm afraid there's not a lot that can be done about it. What probably has
happened is that the spammer has found a brain-dead mail relayer, that doesn't
check the validity of the return address. So the mail message says:
 From: nice.guy at i.am.not.a.spammer , but the message itself comes from:
 spam.generator.devil.org [666.666.666.666]

As long as such relayers are around, there's not a lot that can be done.
Mailing the spammed site that they've been abused might raise awareness,
but they're usually already inundated by complaints......

Cheers,
         Arjan H
--
Disclaimer? Whaddayamean, disclaimer? This is 1998!

            Arjan Hulsebos -- arjanh at cs.vu.nl
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