> -----Original Message----- > From: Marc Perkel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 12:04 AM > To: users@spamassassin.apache.org > Subject: IP -> Responsible Person > > > Is there an algorithm that one can feed an IP address into and return > the email address of the responsible person for the IP to > report spam to? > >
You could do extended whois lookups, backtrace that if there is an rwhois reference. (RFCI used to keep a blacklist of those with messed up contact information) but this information is unreliable, despite RFC's stating it should be accurate. You could do AS number lookups, but most likely you will be targeting a large ISP or IAP. NEITHER OF WHICH is supposed to be used to report abuse. (example: whois 204.89.241.175 brings you our dns contact addresses. NOT our abuse addresses) Another example: if you looked up our routing/AS number, it would be for our tier1 provider. Yes, you could submit abuse reports there, but why bother?. I think spamcop TRIES, and if you sign up for a spamcop account and use spamassassin -r they will attempt to backtrace it. -- Michael Scheidell, CTO Join SECNAP at SecureWorld Atlanta, May 1-2 http://www.secnap.com/events for free and discounted seminar tickets _________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned and certified safe by SpammerTrap(tm). For Information please see http://www.spammertrap.com _________________________________________________________________________
