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Posted by john on June 11, 2006, 12:39 pm
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> I have reported a number of posts to abuse@.... aliases mostly in th
> the 90's and nothing has ever come from it that I am aware of.
> I got auto responses saying they received it. No more contact other
> than that.
> I never followed up as I prefer not to invest any time in these
> people. Then again they weren't particularly bad cases. Only spam and
> nuisance posters.
>
> I know a few people that have received threats and have had action
> taken by ISP's such as account cancellation and in one case referal
> to the FBI. They contacted the police in another country and they
> actually did visit the alleged perpertrator.
>
> I guess all you can do is have a go at it.
>
> Find the posters ISP, visit that ISP's website to see their policy
> and if they have a page to report stuff. If not just email to the
> abuse@thatisp.net/com
>
> Include the headers from the original post and state why you class it
> as abuse.
>
> To get the headers select the message and choose Properties - Details
> tab (in Outlook Express which I see you are using)
> Look at your post, it has the posting host listed. Use that IP
> address to find the ISP
> Use www.dnsstuff.com or www.samspade.org or whateer you like to find
> out about the IP address owner
>
> If they post using an anonymiser or via a web forum page the posting
> host will be obfuscated.
>
> Regards
> Mark Dormer
>
>> Mark Dormer wrote:
>>> Report it to the senders ISP, look at the headers or use a tool like
>>> Sam Spade to find out who that is.
>>>
>>> Chances are it is coming from a bot and chances are the ISP will do
>>> nothing about it either.
>>>
>>> I would just delete it and forget it, but I am a little apathetic.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Mark Dormer
I guess it is not even worth it as I suspected as you indicate.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have received an email with a .bat file that I suspect might be
>>>> infected and wonder what is the best thing to do other than
>>>> deleting it. Should or could I send this to someone to report
>>>> their abuse and what would be the procedure? Usenet can be such a
>>>> bad place :) Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> J.
>>
>> I suspect I am getting this from a poster to a political group(Hate
>> group) that feels a need to do such to a "Liberal" that does not
>> agree with his assertions. Much of that going around these days. I
>> know some infections are unintentional but I would like to do what I
>> can to return the favor if I am sure how to report this properly. I
>> have always ignored and never reported anyone so I am ignorant about
>> the process. If you feel any ISP will do nothing then I will not
>> waste any ones time. I am curious about whatever comes of any
>> reports and if ISPs actually read abuse messages if only sent by a
>> single user or is this reserved for mass postings of the bulk SPAM
>> nature. Thanks for you input
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> J.
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