On 2/17/00 5:51 PM, Russ Hunt <[log in to unmask]> wrote... >I'd filter out themail.com permanently. > >>> According to themail.com's website, themail.com users are paid if >>> their email is read. The site says "TheMail wants to pay you! >>> Everytime someone reads an email, you make money. It's that simple!" >>> I don't get it, but it would probably explain the multiple >>> subscription attempts. >> Thanks Mike. I am going to filter out mail from that THEMAIL.COM host, at >> least until I receive an acceptable response to the TWO messages I sent to >> the abuse address there. > >Sounds to me as though they don't need an abuse address, since that's >what they _do_. I got what appears to be a valid subscription to one of my lists today from THEMAIL.COM. I wouldn't be so quick as to declare it rogue. It's a bi-weekly newsletter list that they subscribed to via a proprietary web interface, so I doubt they're merely trolling. I'm not saying this wasn't a case of some kind of abuse, but I don't yet see reason to blackhole the entire domain. -- Adam Bailey | Chicago, Illinois [log in to unmask] | Finger/Web for PGP [log in to unmask] | http://www.lull.org/adam/