Re: SPAM - was Re: News gateway for this list?

[Elton Woo <eltonw@videotron.ca>]

Michael Schwendt wrote:

>On Fri, 06 Sep 2002 13:50:32 -0400, Elton Woo wrote:
>
>  
>
>>>SPAM/UCE is a real problem with mail accounts where you don't
>>>control the mail server and hence cannot install anti-SPAM software.
>>>
>>>On the top of the SPAM-sending countries I see Taiwan and Korea.
>>>95% of the IPs are in the database at apnic.net, twnic.net, or
>>>nic.or.kr, but sometimes with out-of-date contact information.
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>            The undoubted world leader and producers of UCE, SPAM, and
>>PORNOGRAPHY are the KOREANS, followed closely by the Chinese.
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Abuse complaints don't seem to help much. Maybe 1% take action in
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>        Quite true. I have an ongoing problem with HANANET.NET and
>>KORNET.NET (some >400 complaints to date). I am now forwarding my
>>complaints to every member of the Korean Ministry of Industry, and the
>>Korean consular representatives at the UN, Washington, and Ottawa.
>>    
>>
>
>Yes, Hananet, Kornet, Thrunet, Hinet (!), nearly always the same.
>
>abuse@kornet.net at least reply when they forward an abuse complaint.
>
    You're lucky! abuse@kornet.net never respond. Then are extremely bloody
persistent and instent on sending me their crap. I now refuse to buy ANY
products made in Korea.

>
>A problem is ethome.net, where the contact information is wrong and
>APNIC doesn't get it corrected. They have provided me with a private
>contact address which works, but probably is connected to /dev/null
>or something like that.
>
>  
>
>>As always, the entire spam with full headers is prefaced with the
>>following:
>>
>>I do NOT wish to receive ANY Unsolicited Commercial Email from KOREA.
>>I do NOT read, write, or speak KOREAN.
>>
>>    ... now tell me, what is so difficult to understand in the above
>>    two 
>>*plain
>>English* statements???
>>    
>>
> 
>Whoever gets that thinks "I do not read, write, or speak that
>language. What the heck is that about?".
>
>*lol*
>
>  
>
    Perhaps they would understand some good ol' yankee cusswords like:
"f*** off and die!"??? ... anyway, better take this discussion off list.

    #end of topic
   #end of thread  <--please!

        Elton    >- {

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