List spammer traced

From: Mark Green <mark_at_cs.ualberta.ca>
Date: Tue Oct 26 01:43:00 1999

> Our latest list spammer has been traced, located, and formally scorched.
>
> I -love- sending spammer flames from a my-deja account... it's blocked to
> all incoming E-mail (accepts outgoing only), so anything a spammer sends
> just bounces right back at them.
>
> Besides the 200 degree C flame to the spammer in question, politely formal
> complaints were filed with their ISPs. Granted, I can't recall ever getting
> a response from a Korean or Chinese ISP that they toasted a spammer
> themselves, but there's always a first time.
>
> I'll advise if I get any type of valid response.
>
>

With all the discussion of building your PCBs at home, and the
wonderful VAX wars, I didn't think it was that far off topic :-).

-- 
Dr. Mark Green                                 mark_at_cs.ualberta.ca
Professor                                      (780) 492-4584
Director, Research Institute for Multimedia Systems (RIMS)
Department of Computing Science                (780) 492-1071 (FAX)
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H1, Canada
Received on Tue Oct 26 1999 - 01:43:00 BST

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