FW: Re: [ale] Up to 50% discount...

[mnelson at bellsouth.net (Mike Nelson)]

I sent a note to the owner of apache.net and got this:

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>This message has been autogenerated.  You are being sent this message
>in response to email you sent to the apache.net domain.  I am the
>owner of the apache.net domain.
>
>A number of Internet spammers have been forging email messages to make
>the messages look as if they come from the apache.net domain.  Having
>investigated a number of these messages I can categorically state that
>none of these messages originate from the apache.net domain.  In every
>case the machines listed in the headers immediately above apache.net
>appear to be the point at which these messages are getting injected
>into the net.  A variety of different machines are being used to
>inject the spam into the net. These machines do not belonging to the
>spammers, but are simply victim machines the spammers have targeted.
>
>I am strongly opposed the sending of unsolicited commercial email.  I
>would encourage you to visit and join CAUCE, an organization pushing
>for government legislation intended to help solve the problem of spam:
>
>    http://www.cauce.org/
>
>To reduce the likelyhood of an email loop any further mail you send to
>the apache.net domain will not receive an autoreply.
>
>If you have any further questions please email me at gordoni at base.com.
>
>                                               thanks,
>                                                       gordoni
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BTW, the one advertising www.miamicity.com appears to have come from
litardo at mailhost.netrunner.net. Whois shows Alex and Fernando Litardo
as the admins for netrunner.net as well as miamicity.com. 
So either he's a twit or an evil genius is trying to make him look bad
by making forging spam from his site in his name. Which do you suppose
it may be? 
Either way, he gets a no-spam request.


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>**sigh** I also received it.  Bet the 'TO' address bounced also.  It looks
>like the first message I talked about was relayed through a couple of
>different servers and posted **directly** to ale.  Somehow I feel this
>situation is not going to get any better with time.  Tuesday (I'm in
>finals tomorrow) I'll try and get some other opinions on the original
>source.
>
>Steve
>
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