Re: Spam with vger.kernel.org return address

From: Matti Aarnio (matti.aarnio@zmailer.org)
Date: Wed Aug 29 2001 - 01:07:46 EST


On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 04:42:06PM -0700, Paul G. Allen wrote:
> I've received at least two unsolicited e-mails (possibly more, but I
> get so much crap, I generally send it straight to /dev/null), both
> relating to sex, with vger.kernel.org return addresses.
> Who is the best person to contact about it?

        If it *really* came thru vger (HTML in it ?), then
        that address would be postmaster@vger.kernel.org

        Even if it didn't, at least I am curious at what
        you really got. (Same address.)

        Do remember to forward *ALL* headers. The all revealing
        trace data is carried in "Received:" headers, after all,
        and most common email clients seem to make it extremely
        hard to see those. (And I limit myself at that, one
        particular vendor screws up email STANDARDS so bad that
        you really would not believe me anyway...)

> It's really bad to click on an e-mail I think is from this list, find
> an image of a naked woman, and hope to God my boss doesn't come by
> before I can delete it.

        "click on email and find an image" ?
        Oh no, you do use HTML displaying "email clients"..

        I see never anything such, but then I am an "old-fart"
        who thinks that HTML has no license to be in email in
        the first place.

> PGA
> --
> Paul G. Allen

/Matti Aarnio --- co-postmaster of vger.kernel.org
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