Douglas wrote:

> Now, may be related, maybe not, but mixed in with the ones from some of
> the addresses listed above, doing it exactly the same way (sorry, I
> didn't save any of it), was [log in to unmask]

We have yet to have problems with mass subscriptions on our list. But my
co-owner ran a "who is" on [log in to unmask] (he was curious!), and it
does look suspicious:

Hmmm. Yes.

whois -h whois.networksolutions.com curious.com ...

Registrant:
Curious Surveys (CURIOUS2-DOM)
   2900 W. Anderson Ln. #20-181
   Austin, TX 78757

   Domain Name: CURIOUS.COM

   Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Billing Contact:
      Cass, Greg  (GC177)  [log in to unmask]
      ProsperTech Group, Inc
      2900 W. Anderson Ln St. 20-181
      Austin, TX 78757
      512-418-0303

   NS.PROSPERTECH.COM  207.170.98.2
   NS2.PROSPERTECH.COM  207.170.98.3



Let's see who the nameserver belongs to.


whois -h whois.networksolutions.com prospertech.com ...

Registrant:
ProsperTech Group, Inc. (PROSPERTECH-DOM)
   2900 W. Anderson Ln 20-181
   Austin, TX 78757-1124

   Domain Name: PROSPERTECH.COM

Well, lookie there. Same guy who's at curious.com. This isn't
definitive, but a LOT of big-time spammers are their own host. When
the clueless spamfighters complains to the "upstream" provider, he's
complaining to the spammer. It would take a lot more checking to
decide whether this is the case, but it's certainly a little
suspicious.

   Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Billing Contact:
      Cass, Greg  (GC177)  [log in to unmask]
      ProsperTech Group, Inc
      2900 W. Anderson Ln St. 20-181
      Austin, TX 78757
      512-418-0303

   Record last updated on 29-Nov-2000.
   Record expires on 19-Jul-2001.
   Record created on 18-Jul-1995.
   Database last updated on 21-Mar-2001 08:49:00 EST.

   Domain servers in listed order:

   NS.FC.NET   207.170.68.247
   NS2.INSYNC.NET  209.113.65.3


Jane