Re: MISC: WARNING ABOUT HOTMAIL

[Dan Robinson / Indexing Services <drobinson@INFO.HWWILSON.COM>]

Cheryl and all,
        Hotmail may not be responsible for the spam. It's possible to
'spoof' an address to hide the real sender. Also, any free email
system will atract people who get to send one mass mailing before
they are thrown off. With enough complaints, Hotmail (and others) may
figure out how to deal with the problem before it happens.  To
contact any domain, just send email to the  postmaster@xxxx.yyy .
Most of the big networks and ISPs also use an 'abuse@' address to
report spamming.

When you send in your complaint, it's a good idea to include a copy
of the offending message with the complete headers. That way, the
people at the domain can confirm whether or not their system is
really involved.

Also, take a look  at the FAQ that just came out. It has quite a few
links for dealing with spam. It doesn't matter whether it's porn or
'make money fast'  it's still unwanted and unsolicited email.

Dan Robinson
Editorial Specs Specialist
H.W. Wilson Company
Bronx, NY
drobinson@info.hwwilson.com


On 17 Jul 97 at 13:37, Cheryl King wrote:

> One of our members just posted the following message on LM_NET.
>
> "I am currently trying to help someone set up an account with
> Hotmail who uses AOL and we need to know the POP server name so that
> they will be able to check their e-mail while traveling across the
> country."
>
> I would encourage everyone to boycott Hotmail as I have been
> receiving quite a few offers of pornographic material  through them.
>    If anyone knows who or what they are, I would love to hear about
> it and to know an actual address for them so I can ask them to stop
> using their server for this purpose.
>
> Cheryl King, Librarian, Agana Heights Elementary, Box DE, Agana,
> Guam 96910 FAX:  (s.)671-477-8040    (h.) 671-563-1091
>  Phones: (s.)671-477-3550  (h.) 671-563-1073
>
> E-Mail:  Cheryl.King@KUENTOS.GUAM.NET
>
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