On Wednesday November 11 2009 22:33:12 Philip A. Prindeville wrote: > This isn't so much of a technical question as a policy one. > > I get a lot of spam which looks like: > > Return-Path: <evan_law...@davidark.net> > Received: from web1111.biz.mail.sk1.yahoo.com > (web1111.biz.mail.sk1.yahoo.com [74.6.114.43])
$ whois 74.6.114.43 OrgName: Inktomi Corporation OrgID: INKT Address: 701 First Ave City: Sunnyvale StateProv: CA PostalCode: 94089 Country: US NetRange: 74.6.0.0 - 74.6.255.255 CIDR: 74.6.0.0/16 NetName: INKTOMI-BLK-6 The IP address is not registered as belonging to Yahoo. The message is also missing their DKIM and DK signatures. John Hardin writes: > I've given up on reporting abuse to Yahoo!, it's too much work > for too little result. I'm regularly reporting fraud mail (don't care for spam, just fraud) confirmed to be from Yahoo! by their valid DKIM signature and from their IP address space, and practically all my reports receive a positive acknowledge - with rare exceptions, possibly due to handling by different/new(?) helpdesk operators. Mark
