http://blog.deadspammerssociety.info Day in the life of Abuse Desk Operators. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:34:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hey, smarter among smartests, Why are you sending e-mails to a FAKE SENDER'S ADDRESS? Why don't you set up a REAL ANTISPAM system? I am thinking on simply clicking your dumb link to permit all the spamers around the world to send you spams using my address. Please, turn off ... http://blog.deadspammerssociety.info/2008/06/25/complaint-commentary-wednesday/ I will be starting on Wednesdays, posting funny or stupid complaint commentary. this will only be the wording sent along with the complaint and not the actual spam. Nor will it include the complaint's information. http://blog.deadspammerssociety.info/2008/06/25/announcing-complaint-commentary/ In some companies, this is what happens. http://view.break.com/521743 - Watch more free videos http://blog.deadspammerssociety.info/2008/06/21/policy-enforcement-vs-sales/ So in reading my normal blogs. I came across a post about someone that is having similar experiences that I am. Back in 1999 I signed up for classmates.com. Well Laura talks about another blogger that is having trouble getting unsubscribed. I recently put their ... http://blog.deadspammerssociety.info/2008/06/06/unsubscribes/ Admin1: good god.. it only took sorbs a month to remove a listing.. Admin2: I like their speedy service Admin2: that's why I choose sorbs for all of my blocking needs! http://blog.deadspammerssociety.info/2008/03/31/block-list-fun/ Three law suits of note in the spam world, have had things happen, or have been filed. e360Insight LLC, et al. v. Ferguson, et al. (III) Sierra Corporate Design, Inc., v. David Ritz e360Insight, LLC. v Comcast Corporation These should prove to be interesting atleast the e360Insight ones. http://blog.deadspammerssociety.info/2008/01/25/law-suits-here-law-suits-there/ I think they are just a little late with this one.  This was an actual spam I received. From: X-mas sale <x> To: <x> Subject: *****SPAM***** *****SPAM***** X-mas presents for you and for your friends Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 X:X:X +XXXX X-Spam-Prev-Subject: *****SPAM***** X-mas presents for you and for your friends We sure, that ... http://blog.deadspammerssociety.info/2008/01/17/a-wee-bit-late/ This article is to serve 2 purposes: - Enlighten those who are considering sending a valid DMCA Notification to an ISP (or others for that matter) - Encourage those whom have been served with "valid" DMCAs, where the terms are quite broad or misleading, to file a counter-notification. This article is for discussion, ... http://blog.deadspammerssociety.info/2007/11/30/digital-millenium-copyright-act-dmca-and-you/ Any one that blogs knows there is a problem. It has also recently increased. On average my other blogs receive 10-20 comment spams per day. I for one and sick and tired of it, as I am sure other bloggers are too. What can be done to stop them? Well ... http://blog.deadspammerssociety.info/2007/11/23/comment-spam/ As an abuse desk analyst one of the biggest things that annoys me is the most is, the amount of information provided. Quite often someone sends an email to abuse@, we see that the complaining party will send more information than needed, or there won’t be enough information. What We Need ... http://blog.deadspammerssociety.info/2007/11/16/most-important-for-complaining/