Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 23:18:59 +0100
From: Thomas Gramstad <thomasg-AT-ifi.uio.no>
Subject: Re: Are You Preapred?


> Calling his provider is fine, but I would definitely
> mail-bomb him too just for good measure.  BTW, if you know
> how to set up a killfile, you might want to do so before
> mail-bombing the jerk, so that he can't retaliate.
> 
> I think I've only ever mail-bombed someone once (it was
> well-deserved), and I _don't_ think this something people
> should do frivolously, but I think it's absolutely 100% OK
> when it's called for.

Actually, you _don't_ want to mailbomb him, or mail anything
to him at all.  What you want to do, is to mail the
postmaster at what appears to be his site, and ask them to
look into the matter, and take the necessary action.

The reason you don't want to mailbomb him is:

(1) Many spammers forge messages, to make somebody else
appear to be the sender.  You are then mailbombing someone
who is innocent.

(2) The spammers who forge messages, use the addresses of
people who have mailbombed them -- or complained to them --
previously, as the address they forge next time they spam.

(3) If you are actually mailbombing someone, _you_ can create
a problem at that site.  The administrators of that site may
then justly complain to your provider about your mailbombing.

(4) If your address is forged by the spammer the next time,
(when the spammer perhaps has some new account somewhere
else), _you_ will get the heat, including perhaps a lot of
mailbombing from people who thinks that is a good response.

So, like I said, send the spam message, with header and all,
to the postmaster, and ask them to look into it.  If it's
forged, they may trace it.  If it isn't, they may take direct
action.

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Thomas Gramstad                        thomasg-AT-ifi.uio.no


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