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Tracey McCartney <[log in to unmask]>
Thu, 29 Nov 2001 15:32:37 -0600
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>One reason why I didn't name names is that it's _possible_ that the
>organization named on the From: line was innocent and was the victim of a
>mail-bomber. What better way to mail-bomb someone than to make a bunch of
>list owners mad at them? The mail definitely came through Pacific Bell so
>the best thing is to send all the mail headers to [log in to unmask] and let
>them figure out what account really sent it -- it looked like a dial-up
>account, IIRC, so assuming that they keep logs of which account used which
>dial-up IP at what time, they should be able to track down the real culprit.

Thanks, Francoise.  Actually, I didn't see actual headers - just log
entries, so I have a much more limited grasp on the origins of the spam
than some of you who saw actual mail.  I'll let y'all handle it. :)



Tracey

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