I have included below
the contents of the response I got
from the yahoo email system
(used by the spammer hitting the vnet-interest list)
I removed the ticket number
so they just get admin email
from one person at a time...
their auto-response contains
some useful advice
and some good pointers to more information
jeffs
--
Jeff Sonstein, MA http://ariadne.iz.net/
http://ariadne.iz.net/~jeffs/jeffs.asc
==========================================
there are no bugs
there are just undocumented features
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 5:50 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Response to ticket [snip]
>
>
>
>
> In response to :
>
> 01/20/99-17:49
>
> Received: from support.four11.com (mail.four11.com
> [205.180.57.45]) by
> papa.four11.com (8.8.5/8.6.12) with ESMTP id RAA28039 for
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Wed, 20 Jan
> 1999 17:49:42
> -0800 (PST)
> Received: from mta111.yahoomail.com (mta111.yahoomail.com
> [205.180.60.223]) by support.four11.com
> (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id
> RAA02879 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Wed,
> 20 Jan 1999
> 17:18:07 -0800 (PST)
> Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Received: from ariadne.iz.net (209.133.7.94)
> by mta111.yahoomail.com with SMTP; 20 Jan 1999
> 17:30:56 -0800
> Received: from tlg-ms086 (tlg-ms086.tlg.net [140.174.190.86])
> by ariadne.iz.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id RAA08887;
> Wed, 20 Jan 1999 17:34:46 -0800 (PST)
> (envelope-from [EMAIL PROTECTED])
> Reply-To: <jeffs@t
> [ Removed... ]
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> Hello Yahoo! Mail User,
>
> Thank you for emailing the Yahoo! Mail Abuse Team.
> The Yahoo! Terms of Service
> (TOS) forbids email abuse. It is very important to us
> that any violations of
> these policies are identified and addressed. We
> appreciate your assistance as
> we enforce these policies.
>
> Your report has been assigned a ticket number to make
> it easier for us to track.
>
> Your ticket number is: [snip]
>
> Please use this ticket number in the subject field of
> all your email correspondence
> with us regarding this specific issue. It gives us an
> easy way to identify you
> and your situation, and improves the speed with which
> we can address the suspected
> abuse you have reported.
>
> In addition to enforcing the TOS at Yahoo!, we also
> employ tough unsolicited
> email countermeasures.
>
> 1. We limit the number of individual recipients
> allowed per each email message.
> 2. We do not allow numeric characters at the
> beginning of an email address. Any
> Yahoo! ID that begins with a numeric character is a forgery.
> 3. We include the Originating IP Address in the
> header of each email message
> that is delivered via our system. If an email message
> does not contain an
> Originating IP Address in its full headers, it did
> not come from Yahoo!.
> 4. We also have implemented procedures to prevent
> �spammers� from bypassing
> these countermeasures.
>
> We do not recommend replying to "Remove" email
> addresses, because this can
> confirm that your email address is active and invite
> more unwanted email to
> your account.
>
> If you are writing to report unwanted, abusive, or
> fraudulent email, please
> include the complete, unedited content of the email
> message in question, along
> with the full, unedited message headers. Email
> programs often display
> abbreviated headers. To display the full headers,
> please consult your email
> program's help system. Please use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for
> reporting suspected email
> abuse only. We have developed an extensive online Help Desk:
>
> http://mail.yahoo.com/ymHelp.html
>
> for your support needs. If you still require assistance with
your mail account,
> you can contact our Support Desk through the online form found
at the HelpDesk.
> If you are reporting suspected abuse from a non-email source,
you can send your
> request to the following addresses:
>
> 1. Yahoo! Chat �
http://chat.yahoo.com/chat/help/abuse-form.html
> 2. Yahoo! Message Boards - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 3. Yahoo! Games - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 4. Yahoo! Pager - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 5. Yahoo! Clubs -
http://add.yahoo.com/fast/help/clubs/cgi_feedback
>
> To view our Terms of Service, please visit:
>
> http://edit.my.yahoo.com/config/form?.form=yahoomail_agree
>
> Thank you again for your report. We appreciate your
assistance in helping us
>to keep Yahoo! Mail free from abuse.
>
>
> Regards,
> The Yahoo! Mail Support Team
