October 1999

The following unsolicited bulk emails were sent to our various email accounts this month. For reasons of privacy, information pertaining to our email addresses, user names or local machines has been deleted from the Header portions of each message.

Message 1

Header

          From: [deleted]
      Received: from front02.ig.net (actually host 216.38.140.193) by 
                [deleted]; Sun, 3 Oct 1999 00:13:00 +0100
      Received: from 216.38.140.193 (ABD5A876.ipt.aol.com [171.213.168.118])
                by front02.ig.net (8.9.3/8.8.7) with SMTP id BAA07537; Sun, 3
                Oct 1999 01:10:23 +0200
          Date: Sat, 02 Oct 99 17:19:01 EST
            To: Friend @ public.com
       Subject: best dvd-cd-- damn straight !!!!!
    Message-ID: <>
Content-Length: 101

Complaints

DVD-ROM-CD Users Group: Advertised site.
isp.net: Originator.

Responses

DVD-ROM-CD Users Group: Much of the header is forged and the DVD-ROM-CD Users Group has been the victim of a vicious "electronic" attack. They are compiling evidence in order to start legal proceedings against the party responsible.

Message 2

Header

          From: 2lP90rSrP @ china.com
      Received: from [203.73.156.193] (helo=cachetech.com.tw) by 
                [deleted]; Sun, 31 Oct 1999 07:16:04 +0000
      Received: from DMZt8e2Sf by cachetech.com.tw (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id
                PAA17810; Sun, 31 Oct 1999 15:16:59 +0800
    Message-ID: <199910310716.PAA17810 @  cachetech.com.tw>
          Date: 31 Oct 99 12:13:00 AM
      Reply-To: freefree @ china.com
            To: tht655.com @ china.com
       Subject: GET FREE STUFF ON THE INTERNET!!NOT JOKE
Content-Length: 1031

Complaints

cachetech.com.tw: Originator.
china.com: Email provider.

Responses

china.com: Bounced.