The text the guy cites isn't from our staff, we don't even have an auto-ack system. Maybe it's from some customer or maybe entirely forged, he doesn't include any headers and seems to just want to vent.

Barry, we can follow up offlist. Here's the full text of the email (one of a quite a few just yesterday). I'm unsure how abuse desks are supposed to even deal with things like this. We've plonked the user but we have no way to let you know. We also have no way of getting you to actually email abuse@everydns.net instead of my personal email address. -davidu ---EOF--- Received: (qmail 25489 invoked by uid 114); 14 Dec 2004 06:15:37 -0000 Received: from 192.74.137.144 by fiona (envelope-from <roky@TheWorld.com>, uid 106) with qmail-scanner-1.24 (clamdscan: 0.80/614. spamassassin: 3.0.1. Clear:RC:0(192.74.137.144):SA:0(4.4/5.0):. Processed in 3.873291 secs); 14 Dec 2004 06:15:37 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=4.4 required=5.0 X-Spam-Level: ++++ Received: from pcls4-e.std.com (HELO TheWorld.com) (192.74.137.144) by secure.perfectemail.net with SMTP; 14 Dec 2004 06:15:33 -0000 Received: (from roky@localhost) by TheWorld.com (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) id iBE6ACu2008864; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 01:10:12 -0500 Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 01:10:12 -0500 Message-Id: <200412140610.iBE6ACu2008864@TheWorld.com> To: lkioexiomixfu@beograd.every1.net References: <7972491103005094@CPE-65-27-11-91.kc.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <7972491103005094@CPE-65-27-11-91.kc.rr.com> From: MAILER-DAEMON@theworld.com (Mail Delivery Subsystem) Subject: EVERYDNS piracy spams not allowed X-Mailer: SpamStopper Cc: uce@ftc.gov, security@level3.net, davidu@everydns.net This is an automated mailing in response to your spamvertisement for pirated software - and porn websites purporting to depict images of rape. If you are receiving this message it is likely because you are a spammer. Perhaps you host the site of the spammer, last seen at 147.45.35.145 (APPZPLANET.COM; APPZPLA.NET). Then, you are a spammer. DNS for this netblock is owned by free.net/run.net, administered by hobot.ru, and zone-transferred by hobot.ru (possibly illegally) to EV1.NET's spammer- service subsidiary "EVERYDNS.NET" - also known as freelooklist.com, perfectemail.net, stayoff.org, etc. domain: HOBOT.RU type: CORPORATE nserver: ns1.everydns.net. nserver: ns2.everydns.net. nserver: ns3.everydns.net. nserver: ns4.everydns.net. state: REGISTERED, DELEGATED person: MAXIM N PONIZOVTSEV phone: +7 095 7967750 e-mail: ripn@hobot.ru registrar: RUCENTER-REG-RIPN created: 2000.04.03 paid-till: 2005.05.01 source: TC-RIPN ns1.everydns.net has address 64.158.219.3 ns2.everydns.net has address 216.218.240.206 ns3.everydns.net has address 80.84.249.169 ns4.everydns.net has address 63.219.183.200 EVERYDNS.NET however is currently aliased to fiona.everybox.com at 64.158.219.9. 64.158.219.0/24 is the responsible party for these and a huge number of other recent spams that tout illegal and fraudulent products, services and content. OrgName: Co-Location.com Inc. OrgID: COLOC-1 Address: 333 S. Beverly Drive Address: Suite 207 City: Beverly Hills StateProv: CA PostalCode: 90212 Country: US NetRange: 64.158.219.0 - 64.158.219.255 CIDR: 64.158.219.0/24 NetName: COLOC1-LVLT-64-158-219 NetHandle: NET-64-158-219-0-1 Parent: NET-64-152-0-0-1 NetType: Reassigned Comment: RegDate: 2004-05-24 Updated: 2004-05-24 OrgTechHandle: TECHN143-ARIN OrgTechName: Technical OrgTechPhone: +1-310-286-1107 OrgTechEmail: Support@co-location.com This spammer has been scanning networks worldwide in order to exploit any found "open SMTP proxies". He is also documented to have broken into zombied machines to use their DSL connections for spam transmission and, as previously stated, transferring DNS zones to mask the origins of both his spams and websites. Thus a spammer, a software pirate AND a burglar. A criminal, in any event. The unread message which you just sent to an unassigned address on our network, and which follows, has already been sent to law enforcement authorities. Hopefully you will be sent to them as well, shortly. [Administrators and legal/investigative officials reading this: We urge you to consider a course of action which will result in termination of all services to the above-referenced hosts and netblocks as soon as administratively possible - a more permanent solution pending completion of any additional investigation. 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