There are all sorts of different techniques for backtracking spammers. I consider the type of spam, the content, the frequency and the condition of the headers. I also distinguish between the common ISPs, like the phone services and MSN, and the commercial ISPs, where everything is on the internet. Dan [log in to unmask] > -----Original Message----- > From: Francoise Becker [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 4:14 PM > > > On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 13:39:39 -0500, Dan Robinson > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >Tracey, if you contact the spam address, they'll simply add > your address > >to more lists. I had that happen to me. I tracked back a different > >spammer to the hosting isp and told them what was happening. That > >stopped it. > > 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. > > > Francoise >