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.


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