| Re: [I]_Sorry [message #250280] |
Di, 04 April 2006 08:25 |
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"Aggie" <aggieangst [at] yourway.invalid> wrote in
news:jalYf.2776$i41.1464 [at] newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net:
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> "Brian Howlett" <news-spamtrap [at] brianhowlett.me.uk> wrote in
> message news:2fbb1d0f4e.Brian [at] brianhowlett.me.uk...
>> On 29 Mar, Aggie wrote:
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<snip>
>> So you're quite happy to have all your spam sent to the
>> owners of the domain?
>>
>> Domain Name: YOURWAY.COM
<snip>
>> Updated Date: 13-dec-2005
>> Creation Date: 01-may-2000
>> Expiration Date: 01-may-2006
>>
>> This whole rant has been done several times, so I won't
>> repeat it here. There are better ways of disguising your
>> email address than hijacking a valid domain, which involve
>> the use of ".invalid"... --
>> Brian Howlett - Email to From: address deleted unseen
<snip>
> yourway.com is not a valid domain to the best of my knowledge.
As Brian's WHOIS search above shows, it is a valid domain.
gmh [at] ns1:~> /usr/sbin/sendmail -bv aggieangst [at] yourway.com
aggieangst [at] yourway.com... deliverable: mailer esmtp, host
yourway.com., user aggieangst [at] yourway.com
gmh [at] ns1:~> host yourway.com
yourway.com has address 66.116.109.62
Fortunately, it doesn't appear to be running an SMTP server;
gmh [at] ns1:~> telnet 66.116.109.62 25
Trying 66.116.109.62...
However, your choice of spamtrap is causing an innocent third
party to receive an estimate of about 10 inbound spams per week -
multiplied by the number of years you've been using that
spamtrap.
If you read your ISP's Acceptable Use Policy, you will probably
find that causing someone to receive spam - even by proxy - is a
suspendable offence.
Out of interest, the last time this happened on AFP, I registered
the domain concerned. The person concerned was only on AFP for a
couple of weeks - yet I am still getting spam to that spamtrap
some 9 months later.
In other words; don't do it. You're causing others to get your
junk, and you're putting your own access in jeopardy as a result.
If you use the munge I changed your address to at the top, you
should be OK.
Gideon.
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| Re: [I]_Sorry [message #250329 ] |
Di, 04 April 2006 13:40 |
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"Gideon Hallett" <diogenes [at] freeuk.com> wrote in message
news:Xns979B4AAA5EA8diogenesfreeukcom [at] 194.117.143.37...
> "Aggie" <aggieangst [at] yourway.invalid> wrote in
> news:jalYf.2776$i41.1464 [at] newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net:
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>>
>> "Brian Howlett" <news-spamtrap [at] brianhowlett.me.uk> wrote in
>> message news:2fbb1d0f4e.Brian [at] brianhowlett.me.uk...
>>> On 29 Mar, Aggie wrote:
>>>
> <snip>
>>> So you're quite happy to have all your spam sent to the
>>> owners of the domain?
>>>
>>> Domain Name: YOURWAY.COM
> <snip>
>>> Updated Date: 13-dec-2005
>>> Creation Date: 01-may-2000
>>> Expiration Date: 01-may-2006
>>>
>>> This whole rant has been done several times, so I won't
>>> repeat it here. There are better ways of disguising your
>>> email address than hijacking a valid domain, which involve
>>> the use of ".invalid"... --
>>> Brian Howlett - Email to From: address deleted unseen
>
> <snip>
>
>> yourway.com is not a valid domain to the best of my knowledge.
>
> As Brian's WHOIS search above shows, it is a valid domain.
>
> gmh [at] ns1:~> /usr/sbin/sendmail -bv aggieangst [at] yourway.com
> aggieangst [at] yourway.com... deliverable: mailer esmtp, host
> yourway.com., user aggieangst [at] yourway.com
>
> gmh [at] ns1:~> host yourway.com
> yourway.com has address 66.116.109.62
>
> Fortunately, it doesn't appear to be running an SMTP server;
>
> gmh [at] ns1:~> telnet 66.116.109.62 25
> Trying 66.116.109.62...
>
> However, your choice of spamtrap is causing an innocent third
> party to receive an estimate of about 10 inbound spams per week -
> multiplied by the number of years you've been using that
> spamtrap.
>
> If you read your ISP's Acceptable Use Policy, you will probably
> find that causing someone to receive spam - even by proxy - is a
> suspendable offence.
>
> Out of interest, the last time this happened on AFP, I registered
> the domain concerned. The person concerned was only on AFP for a
> couple of weeks - yet I am still getting spam to that spamtrap
> some 9 months later.
>
> In other words; don't do it. You're causing others to get your
> junk, and you're putting your own access in jeopardy as a result.
>
> If you use the munge I changed your address to at the top, you
> should be OK.
>
> Gideon.
Thank you so much for explaining that to me. I didn't understand that at
all. I will fix it right away. I wouldn't cause anybody else spam for
money.
:)
Aggie
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