Spam: cooling horses

[Linda_Merims@ne.3com.com]

Sure signs of a newbie spammer:

1.  He's spamming from his AOL account (unless the header is faked).
    AOL's Terms of Service agreement explicitly forbids spam.
    Forward his spam message WITH FULL HEADERS TURNED ON AND SHOWING
    along with your complaint to:

    abuse@aol.com

    He'll get a warning, and if he does it again he'll lose his
    AOL account.

2.  He used a real return e-mail address.

AND, the truest sign...

3.  He used a 1-888 number.  Great way to cost himself a LOT
    of money as people call in, not to order, but just to
    run up his phone bill.

Linda B. Merims
lbm@ici.net
Linda_Merims@ne.3com.com
Massachusetts, USA


Sally Spangler <stepnout@swva.net> said:

> Anybody else getting spam generated by this jerk using the riders list?
> This is one way to be SURE I'll recommend against such a
> product--advertising in reverse.!
>
> Sally
>>X-POP3-Rcpt: stepnout@ctc
>>Return-Path: <EQUIPOLAR@aol.com>
>>From: EQUIPOLAR@aol.com
>>Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 14:51:49 EDT
>>Subject: cooling horses
>>To: stepnout@swva.net
>>X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by ctc.swva.net id
OAA32493
>>X-Status:
>>
>>Dear Endurance Rider:
>>
>>Now that the weather is heating up, we want you to be aware of our
products:
>>the award-winning EquiPolar Cooling Blanket and the Just Chillin' Sport
Vest.
>> Both keep your horses cool in hot weather with the use of frozen gel ice
>>packs.
>>
>>COOL your horse quickly and comfortably.
>>
>>Please visit our website at:  <A
>>HREF="http://www.equipolar.com">http://www.equipolar.com
>></A>
>>
>>***Internet special*** Order by June 15 for free shipping (within the
>>continental US)!!
>>
>>Call with any questions:  (888) 467-7331 toll free
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>D.J. Mainger



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