[vox-tech] aggressive spam headers
Rod Roark
vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
Fri, 6 Dec 2002 16:21:51 -0800
I would say that the person who replied to you screwed up.
Their system definitely delivered the offending message:
$ nslookup -sil 207.217.120.218
Server: 66.51.205.100
Address: 66.51.205.100#53
218.120.217.207.in-addr.arpa name =3D bluejay.mail.pas.earthlink.net.
$ whois 207.217.120.218
OrgName: EarthLink Network, Inc.
OrgID: ERTH
NetRange: 207.217.0.0 - 207.217.255.255
CIDR: 207.217.0.0/16
NetName: EARTHLINK-CIDR
NetHandle: NET-207-217-0-0-1
Parent: NET-207-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: DNS1.EARTHLINK.NET
NameServer: DNS2.EARTHLINK.NET
NameServer: DNS3.EARTHLINK.NET
Comment: ADDRESSES WITHIN THIS BLOCK ARE NON-PORTABLE
RegDate: 1996-10-04
Updated: 2001-10-09
TechHandle: DAE4-ARIN
TechName: Domain Administrator, Administrator
TechPhone: +1-404-815-0770
TechEmail: arinpoc@corp.earthlink.net
OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE60-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: ABUSE TEAM
OrgAbusePhone: +1-404-815-0770
OrgAbuseEmail: ABUSE@corp.earthlink.net
OrgTechHandle: ELNK-ORG-ARIN
OrgTechName: EarthLink, Inc.
OrgTechPhone: +1-404-815-0770
OrgTechEmail: arin_tech@lists.corp.earthlink.net
-- Rod
http://www.sunsetsystems.com/
On Friday 06 December 2002 03:37 pm, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> i sent a letter of complaint about spam to earthlink and got a reply
> that included this paragraph:
>
> This report is being returned to you because there appear to
> be no numeric IP addresses in the headers of the reported
> mail that match IP addresses within our network. This means
> that the mail likely did not originate with us, and
> therefore we cannot enforce our policies on the junk
> e-mailer.
>
> from my reading of the headers, the spam seemed to follow this path:
>
> 68.114.30.56 -> 207.217.120.218 -> 64.164.47.8
>
> charter comm -> earthlink -> me (satan)
>
> because the received headers go in the order of newest received header
> first, oldest received header last.
>
> is this not correct? from my reading, the email originated from charte=
r
> communications but was passed to me via earthlink.
>
> is earthlink not culpable for delivering the spam? if not, how can thi=
s
> email reach me if earthlink 207.217.120.218 isn't an open relay?
>
> pete
>
> >>From womensinstitute@earthlink.net Fri Dec 06 14:36:21 2002
> >
> >Return-path: <womensinstitute@earthlink.net>
> >Envelope-to: p@dirac.org
> >Delivery-date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 14:36:21 -0800
> >Received: from bluejay.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.218])
> >=09by satan.diablo.localnet with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian))
> >=09id 18KR53-0000gI-00
> >=09for <p@dirac.org>; Fri, 06 Dec 2002 14:36:21 -0800
> >Received: from 68-114-30-56.charterga.net ([68.114.30.56]
> > helo=3Dearthlink.net) by bluejay.mail.pas.earthlink.net with asmtp (E=
xim
> > 3.33 #1)
> >=09id 18KPsz-0005NG-00; Fri, 06 Dec 2002 13:19:49 -0800
> >Message-ID: <410-22002126701756704@earthlink.net>
> >X-Priority:
> >Reply-To: womensinstitute@earthlink.net
> >X-Mailer: EarthLink MailBox 2003.1.12.0 (Windows)
>
> From: "Morgan Pillsbury" <womensinstitute@earthlink.net>
>
> >To: "womensinstitute" <womensinstitute@earthlink.net>
> >Subject: Do something about Domestic Violence
> >Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 16:17:56 -0800
> >MIME-Version: 1.0
> >Content-Type: text/html; charset=3DUS-ASCII
> >X-ELNK-Trace:
> > 90043ac6fb6056a69adad1ec2ad180e8d780f4a490ca69564776905774d2ac4bf1b6d=
38dd
> >cf6444833d0c1f868c49a4c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c Status: RO
> >Content-Length: 5672
> >Lines: 59
> >
> ><HTML><HEAD>
> ><META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dwindow=
s-1251">
> ><META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2715.400" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD>
> ><BODY>
> ><P><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>
> ><DIV><FONT color=3D#ff00ff size=3D6>
> ><P> </P>
> ><P><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial><STRONG>Contact Name: </STRONG>Mi=
chelle
> > Gysan<BR><B>Other E-mail: </B>webhause@cox.net<BR></FONT></FONT></P>
> > <P> </P>
> ><P> </P>
> ><P> </P>
> ><P>Women=92s Institute for Individual and Political Justice </P></FONT=
><FONT
> > face=3D"Times New Roman"> <P>December 5, 2002</P>
> ><P> </P><B>
> ><P>This Christmas let=92s do something about Domestic Violence</P></B>
> ><P> </P>
> ><P> </P>
> ><P></P>
> ><P>Dear Friend, </P>
> ><P>I know how frustrating it is to live in a world where we can put wo=
men
> > in space but we cannot keep them safe in their own homes. </P> <P>I r=
un a
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rst
> > issue we took up was domestic violence. </P> <P>My background is not
> > academic but political and my motivations in this case have become ve=
ry
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hter
> > was threatened and battered, first by her long-term boy friend and th=
en
> > by the very institutions that were supposed to help her, the District
> > Attorney in New York among others. </P> <P>Sitting up nights sweating
> > over whether or not John Fund and his friends would manage to kill he=
r
> > engaged my mind powerfully. I thought, "Why doesn't the justice syste=
m DO
> > something about women at risk of violence?" </P> <P>Then I thought ab=
out
> > something my grandfather did over a very different issue.</P> <P>It w=
as
> > wildflowers blooming in Yosemite. </P>
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> > means of persuading the Park Service to stop mowing the meadows to ge=
t
> > fodder for their horses. </P> <P>That first lovely vision recorded in
> > human time of a flower elegantly raising its head to the sun was his =
idea
> > of a campaign. It worked. </P> <P>How do we make a no tolerance for
> > violence policy real and visible for the victims of violence today? I
> > imagined what human intervention could make it possible for my daught=
er,
> > and for me, to sleep at night without fear. I saw it. Then, I started
> > making phone calls.</P> <P>We don't need to invent anything to make w=
omen
> > safe. All the parts are there on the shelf, so to speak. We just need=
to
> > assemble them differently. </P> <P>When a woman is deemed at risk a
> > restraining order should mean something. The order should have teeth;=
it
> > should come with an award for needed security services. This could be=
an
> > armed guard at her door twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week; a
> > guard to travel with her, leaving one watching her home. It could mea=
n a
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ng
> > their movements. It could mean bonding them. </P> <P>It should always
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you
> > hit them in the pocketbook it will change their choices and their
> > behavior. </P> <P>Making sure they pay opens up a whole new range of
> > possibilities. </P> <P>We all know that violence happens up and down =
the
> > economic spectrum, it is just uncomfortable for us to admit that peop=
le
> > we know are battered and silent through fear. This is the ugly little
> > secret finally making its way out through the courageous acts of wome=
n
> > who dare to share. </P> <P>Awards exacted from abusers who are wealth=
y
> > should be punitive thus helping us pay for victims of risk at lower
> > economic levels. Awards can be securitized and bundled into financial
> > instruments, sold and traded. It can be done. I have consulted econom=
ists
> > and financial experts across the country. </P> <P>There is a lot to b=
e
> > done and I need your help. Make a donation to our nonprofit, the Wome=
n's
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> > Volunteer to help us do just that. We are heavily dependent on volunt=
eers
> > across the country. Real change starts in the heart and in the commun=
ity
> > that surrounds it. </P> <P>Today my daughter is living in hiding far =
from
> > New York while her abuser walks free. He has friends with power who a=
re
> > perfectly willing to use it. This, too, must change. </P> <P>My daugh=
ter
> > understood the risks she was taking. She decided that pursue her abus=
er
> > through the system so that other women after her will be able to live
> > free of fear. I am proud of the choice she made even as I fear for he=
r
> > life. While in New York she experienced two break-in attempts to her
> > security apartment. </P> <P>Help us celebrate the birth of a new free=
dom
> > from violence starting in 2003. Help make this coming year one that w=
ill
> > be remembered as the year we said NO to violence and meant it. </P>
> > <P>Safe at Home is something we all need to be able to feel. </P> <P>=
God
> > bless and keep you.</P>
> ><P>Melinda Pillsbury-Foster,</P>
> ><P>President, Women's Institute and </P>
> ><P>Morgan's Mom </P>
> ><P> </P>
> ><P>Read more:</P></FONT><U><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" color=3D#000=
0ff>
> ><P>http://womensinstitutes.com/ej_ending_violence.html</P></U></FONT><=
FONT
> > face=3D"Times New Roman"> <P>Join us and support our
> > work:</P></FONT><U><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" color=3D#0000ff>
> > <P>http://womensinstitutes.com/join.html</P></U></FONT><FONT face=3D"=
Times
> > New Roman"></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV>
> ><DIV> </DIV>
> ><DIV>m pillsbury</DIV>
> ><DIV><A
> > href=3D"mailto:womensinstitute@earthlink.net">womensinstitute@earthli=
nk.net
> ></A></DIV> <DIV>Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.</DIV>
> ><DIV> </DIV></FONT>
> ><P></P></BODY></HTML>
>
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