on Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 04:54:10PM -0500, DvB (dvanbalen@jam.rr.com) wrote:
> on Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 02:26:25PM -0700, George W. Bush (president@whitehouse.gov) wrote:
> > > Received: from 38.210.6.214 (38.210.6.214) by midnet.co.uk with SMTP (Eudora Internet Mail Server 3.0.3); Fri, 12 Oct 2001 03:55:06 +0100
> >
> > This is a point of origin for the message.
> >
> > 38.210.6.214 (you want the value from parenthesis, it's the
> > reverse-lookup value, and may differ from the announced value) resolves
> > to PSI.NET's netblock:
> >
> > $ whois 38.210.6.214
>
>
> Cool, didn't know 'whois' took IPs... nslookup wasn't very useful on
> that IP address.
Right. If whois doesn't return a result, traceroute (or its
replacements, which I'm less familiar with) may be useful. As these
traverse the network connection, the process is slower.
> > I'd post to abuse@psi.net and report the issue. There's not a whole lot
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Do you know this is the correct address to send complaints to or are you
> just assuming the "abuse" part? If so, where did you find it?
It's a convetional address. Another good alternative is:
<domain>@abuse.net
e.g.:
psi.net@abuse.net
The folks at abuse.net maintain active reporting lists of addresses for
specific domains. This is my default reporting address. It also
insulates you somewhat from the spam source.
> P.S. I was informed off-list that the debian-user list policy prohibits
> the use of symbols to represent profanity. I'm ashamed to say that I
> wasn't aware of this and apologize to anyone who may've been offended by
> my use of such "obscured cussing" at the beginning of my message... I was
> kind of ticket off when I wrote it.
Fuck that shit.
Informed by whom? There's no notice of such a policy on the Debian
website. The only list policies I'm familiar with are open/closed
subscription, moderation, and the advertising policy:
http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#ads
That said, people should generally avoid profanity if at all fucking
possible.
<aside>
'From:' headers are so easy to forge, aren't they....
</aside>
Peace.
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