"Jay T. Blocksom" <usenet01+SPAMBLOCK@appropriate-tech.net> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 04:16:35 GMT, in <alt.privacy.spyware>, "Punky"
> <punky98@hotmaildot.com> wrote:
> >
> > My hotmail box is full of 'mail undeliverable' messages. I can tell by
> > the headers that all the messages were auto submitted by the same
person.
> >
> > Is there any way that I can stop this? How do you report stuff to
> > "abuse"? I've heard of this, but never had to do it.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
>
> It's called a "Joe Job", for historical reasons.
>
> You'll need at least one FULL copy (preferably several different copies)
of
> the original spams, with ALL headers intact, in order to track the perp
> down. The fact that you're talking about Hotmail<spit!>, which AIUI tends
> to do all sorts of non-standard stuff with the mail formatting, may
present
> a problem there; but that's the way it is -- give it your best shot. With
> that in hand, Google NANAE (<news.admin.net-abuse.email>, where this topic
> has come up MANY times before) for background info and tips on how to
> proceed -- it's too off-topic to go through it all here.
>
> --
>
> Jay T. Blocksom
> --------------------------------
> Appropriate Technology, Inc.
> usenet01[at]appropriate-tech.net
>
>
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
> -- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.
>
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Thank you for this info, Jay.
Unfortunately, I deleted all of the messages, as I thought there was nothing
that could be done about it.(
It only lasted 2 days, and appears to have stopped now.
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