more on Another twist on spam

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

I have been suggesting a good hanging for a while now


> Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu
> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 20:00:52 -0400
> From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org>
> Subject: Re: [IP] Another twist on spam
> To: Tim O'Connor <tim () roughdraft org>
> Cc: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
>
> > >When I examined the bounces, it was clear that they came from
> > >many disparate sources clearly NOT my domain; this was evident
> > >in the headers.  The forgeries all claimed to come from my domain,
> > >"dachshund DOT com."  But each message had some insanely fake
> > >username before the @ sign, and each was directed at anywhere from
> > >three to six AOL victims.
>
> Congratulations.  You've been "joe-jobbed".   That's a slang term for
> one of the many sleazy tactics that spammers use to try to (a) evade
> anti-spam measures and (b) shift blame elsewhere.  In your case, it sounds
> like you were just the next random victim to be used; other folks have
> experienced obvious deliberate targeting (usually after they've caused
> some discomfort for a spammer) to the tune of several millions spams.
>
> Those of us who have been active in the anti-spam movement for
> a long time have been pointing out things like this (and network
> hijacking, and open proxy scanning/hijacking, and domain hijacking, and
> nameserver hijacking, and denial-of-service attacks, and mailbombing,
> and forge-subscription attacks, etc.) for years.  Unfortunately, there
> are a lot of under-informed people out there who still -- foolishly --
> cling to the "gosh, it's not a problem for me, why don't you just hit
> delete?" mentality, instead of being perceptive enough to recognize that
> spam is currently the net's #1 problem by a wide margin, and that the
> myriad effects of it are costing us ALL a heck of a lot of time and money.
>
> As to the digital shotgun, I can't approve of that.  However, I am in full
> agreement with FTC Chairman Orson Swindle, who said "What we need are
> a couple of good hangings".  (Much tidier than the the shotgun, you see.)
>
> ---Rsk

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