[CAUT] spam

[John Ross]

I have noticed that some people on the list who have comcast, that I send 
e-mails to; quite frequently the e-mails are returned as undeliverable. 
(Grammer)
It appears that Comcast will blackball anyone, who sends from a server they 
have had a complaint about.
Comcast is the only one I have a problem with.
So perhaps they are being too zealous.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Richmond" <piano57 at comcast.net>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 11:53 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] spam


> Jim,
>
> I use  missed-spam at comcast.net  but, I don't know if it's just for folks 
> with Comcast accounts.
>
> I send in every bit, don't get repeats (like I did with another carrier) 
> and don't believe I even get one a day.
>
> Does BYU have anything set up?  Can you contact the folks in charge of the 
> computer system there?  I used to talk with the computer guys at IWU when 
> I was there--but that was a small school....
>
> Barbara Richmond, RPT
> near Peoria, Illinois
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Busby" <jim_busby at byu.edu>
> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 4:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] spam
>
>
>> Hi Ron,
>>
>> For years I have reported spam (especially scams) to spam.gov, as you 
>> have explained below, but have never seen any results from our 
>> government. Is there another address that I could use? And, how does one 
>> know if any action was taken, or if it is just a waste of time? Most 
>> don't have the abuse thing attached.
>>
>> I'd gladly send the idiots away if I could. I get 5 or so a day.
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Jim Busby BYU
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ron 
>> Overs
>> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 2:24 PM
>> To: College and University Technicians
>> Subject: Re: [CAUT] spam
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Unsolicited junk is the curse of the medium. I routinely report one
>> spammer/scammer per day to either our Australian authority which
>> deals with it, or the server of origin if they have an abuse@****
>> address.
>>
>> For example, Gmail seems to be rotten with scammer accounts. You can
>> open the offending email, click the "blah, blah blah" button to
>> include the entire headers so that the server can identify the
>> scammer, then forward it to abuse at gmail.com.
>>
>> They'll usually close the account.
>>
>> If we all did one per day the scoundrels might well be hunted from the 
>> web.
>>
>> Ron O.
>> --
>> OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY
>>    Grand Piano Manufacturers
>> _______________________
>>
>> Web http://overspianos.com.au
>> mailto:ron at overspianos.com.au
>> _______________________
>>
>>
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