On Mon, 21 Apr 1997, Hank Nussbacher wrote: And, now take a look at AGIS's abuse response. It's funny that AGIS and Cyberpromo's responses are exactly the same thing, with "AGIS" instead of "Cyberpromo". The rest of the mail contains the same suggestions... AGIS also has another interesting way of handling spam complaints: 220 agis.net ESMTP Sendmail 8.8.5/8.8.5; Mon, 21 Apr 1997 13:14:13 -0400 (EDT) MAIL FROM: <root@quad.quadrunner.com> 471 <root@quad.quadrunner.com>... We don't accept junk mail. - AHH3 I've conveniently blocked cyberpromo's blocks. My upstream provider is currently considering globally blocking cyberpromo. I am in the process of determining the impact of blocking _4200_.
Dear Sir/Madam,
Thank you for taking the time to write to AGIS with your concerns.
Please be aware that this mailbox (abuse@agis.net) is read by our entire company, including our senior management. The fact that your message garners e-mail from an auto-responder is to insure a timely response. It should not be an indication of a lack of consideration or concern.
AGIS' POSITION ON ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY FOR INTERNET CONTENT AGIS provides Internet connectivity to a large number of customers, whom are supporting millions of end users. As a global service provider, we provide circuits for Internet backbone connectivity. We do not offer connectivity directly to end-users.
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==>Read the msg below from Cyberpromo. It is valid for ISPs to block at the ==>router level as well as the sendmail level as per Cyberpromo's mail. I ==>figured some people here may be interested in this. :-) ==> ==>Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 18:11:33 -0400 (EDT) ==>From: Mail AutoResponder <abuse@c-y-b-e-r-p-r-o-m-o.com> ==>Subject: Response from Cyber Promotions ==> ==> ==>----------------------------Original message---------------------------- ==>Dear Sir/Madam, ==> ==>Thank you for taking the time to write to Cyber Promotions with your concerns. ==> ==>Please be aware that this mailbox (abuse@cyberpromo.com) is read by many ==>people in our company, including our senior management. The fact that your ==>message garners e-mail from an auto-responder is to insure a timely response. ==>It should not be an indication of a lack of consideration or concern. ==> ==>CYBER PROMOTIONS' POSITION ON ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY FOR INTERNET CONTENT ==>Cyber provides email services to a large number of customers, whom ==>are supporting thousands of end users. /cah