At 21:22 7/10/98 -0400, Andrea Di Lecce wrote:
At 20:21 7/8/98 -0400, you wrote:
Incredibly two-faced response. How do you determine the user's ISP? Check WhoIs. But...OOOPPSS!...the information in WhoIs is phoney, and we don't do anything about that. Sorry, guess you're just screwed.
There are many other ways to track a spammer.
- Do nslookup on the IP that originated the spam (sometimes this takes a bit of detective work to find what IP actually originated the spam). - Traceroute to the originating IP. Email the ISP that is directly upstream.
*I* know these techniques. Joe User who's irritated at his spam likely does not.
- Look in the Whois information for contact emails and nameservers - if these are for the upstream ISP, or some ISP other than the spammer, report it to them.
But there's the rub. A great deal of the information (including delegations) in domain registrations by net.abusers is complete fabrication. InterNIC refuses to deal with it, even when it's pointed out to them.
- If they are advertising a web page, track the web page host, and their upstream, and report it to them.
All the time :>
What do spammers and nails have in common? They're both intended for hammering.
Amen.
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