LOL FWIW, the site mentioned in my original post is still UP!! After reading what verizon wireless did with the bluetooth cell phones(1), I've pretty much given up hope that ANYONE in upper managment of any verizon company has a clue!
--Chris (1) http://www.nuclearelephant.com/papers/v710.html >-----Original Message----- >From: jdow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 4:32 AM >To: users@spamassassin.apache.org >Subject: Re: Verizon hosting spammers :) > > >And now Verison is sending out spam to get people to join verison.com. >They are going into my black list at the procmail level ASAP except for >a VERY few verison addresses. > >{`,'} A pissed off Joanne. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Martin Hepworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: <users@spamassassin.apache.org> >Sent: 2005 January, 17, Monday 01:37 >Subject: Re: Verizon hosting spammers :) > > >> >> It's true, Verizon have apparently blocked all email from RIPE, APNIC >> allocated addresses (Europe and Asia Pac) starting Dec 22 2004. >> Apparently MessageLabs took 2 whole days to get onto their whitelist. >> >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/14/verizon_email_block/ >> >> D'oh... >> >> -- >> Martin Hepworth >> Snr Systems Administrator >> Solid State Logic >> Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300 >> >> >> Menno van Bennekom wrote: >> > Yes, I think they host a lot of spammers. >> > I only get spam/virus mails from Verizon here >(Netherlands) so I blocked >> > dsl-verizon.net in postfix and it that means about 100 >spams/viruses >less >> > per day. If they want to sent real mail they still can do >so through the >> > smtp-servers of their provider. >> > There was a funny message on the net lately, about Verizon >planning to >> > block all European mail-traffic because of spam. We had a >good laugh >about >> > that over here. >> > >> > Menno van Bennekom >> > >> > >> >>Brief header I'm not too interested in. >> >> >> >>Received: from mail.printosh.hu (241.75-228-195.hosting.adatpark.hu >> >>[195.228.75.241]) >> >> by moglobal.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id j0E5Lj1E012550 >> >> for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 >00:21:47 -0500 >> >>Received: from [195.228.75.61] (HELO 195.228.75.41) >> >> by mail.printosh.hu (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) >> >> with SMTP id 152241; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 06:20:51 +0100 >> >>Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>From: "Low-Cost Term Life" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> >>HTML code showing verizon site. Should we block all mysite pages? >/sniker/ >> >> >> >><a onmouseover="window.status='See Your Savings!';return true;" >> >>href="http://mysite.verizon.net/resoxfmz/1.htm";><img border="0" >> >>src="http://pws.prserv.net/maxlife/EBA.jpg"; width="620" >> >>height="393"></a><!-- n bugtwtms sucxjdta uvjezwpb --></p><p><font >> >>face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size="1"> >> >><a >href="http://mysite.verizon.net/resoxfmz/ServiceBasic.htm";>Legal</a> >> >><a href="http://mysite.verizon.net/resoxfmz/1.htm";>Privacy</a> >> >></font><font >> >>face="Microsoft Sans Serif" color="#4e4e4e" size="1"> >> >><a >> >>>href="http://mysite.verizon.net/resoxfmz/ServiceBasic.htm";>Pr >eferences</a> ></ >> >>font><font face="Microsoft Sans Serif" >size="1"> </font></p><!-- k >> >>hdfkzxgx tyhgmzrl hx--><p><font color="#FFFFFF"><span >style="font-size: >> >>1pt">>> >> Will they give the child a good religious >> >>upbringing? >> >>That's our religion, isn't it? How ya doin'?</span></font></p> >> >> >> >> >> >>Chris Santerre >> >>System Admin and SARE/SURBL Ninja >> >>http://www.rulesemporium.com >> >>http://www.surbl.org >> >>'It is not the strongest of the species that survives, >> >>not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.' >> >>Charles Darwin >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> >> >********************************************************************** >> >> This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and >> intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they >> are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify >> the system manager. >> >> This footnote confirms that this email message has been swept >> for the presence of computer viruses and is believed to be clean. >> >> >********************************************************************** > >
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