> There is obviously quite a lot that you are leaving out of this story.
True, because I was asking a hypothetical question about a situation that
I assumed was fairly common. I no longer have the particulars, I don't save
every individual complaint I ever get (there aren't that many anyway).
> That's pretty much the same excuse that the Swiss used during World War
> II for why they continued to do business with Germany throughout the war.
This will be my last posting in this thread, because I hereby invoke
Godwin's Law. As soon as someone brings up Hitler and the Nazis, which
is a totally ludicrous comparision, the thread has gone past the point
where any rational discussion is likely and it's time to end it.
> Did the person complaining already complain to
> the local site that was originating the spam, and was that complaint
> merely brushed off?
What he apparently did, and I've seen this pattern a lot which is why I
brought this up, was do a traceroute back to what he *thinks* is the
source, and blast a complaint to postmaster at every domain that turns
up in the traceroute. So the answer to your question here is no, he
did not contact the originating site first.
> As I said above, yes, the first level of complaint should always go to
> the local organization...
Well, this is certainly what I thought too. But this isn't how it sometimes
happens, and that is what I was asking about.
> I assume that all the organizations you connect directly
> with are generally reputable research, academic, or commercial outfits.)
Yes, although academic outfits do have village idiots who occasionally
do things they shouldn't, either because they don't know any better or
because they think they can get away with it. My point is only that it
should be the academic institution in question who is asked to deal
with this, not me.
> So be a good chap
Please do not be condescending. It makes rational discussion impossible
(as does bringing up the Germans and WWII which has zero to do with
this situation; there is no one involved who is comparable to them).
--Greg
