Once you find the IP, find its owner (whois) and contact them so they can
shut the spammer down.

Daniel Donnelly
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Forte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Stopping Dictionary Attacks


> Find his IP address and block that IP range from sending mail.  You should
> be able to find the IP address he/she is sending the mail from.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Krowas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 3:08 PM
> Subject: [IMail Forum] Stopping Dictionary Attacks
>
>
> > I suffering from a huge Dictionary attack on a domain I host (a SPAMER
> > is going through every word and variation of words in the dictionary
> > trying to find addresses at that domain) and my logs have become useless
> > and huge (10,000 + pages and 100 megs per day!). Does any one know of a
> > way to prevent this. Ipswitch says I would need to contact the SPAMER
> > and tell them to stop, but that is WAY easier said than done. I
> > desperate here!
> >
> >
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