Re: [OT] Warning of probable spam house

[Jim Roland]

If I remember correctly, the "FON" part of the netblock handle at ARIN is
for Sprint.  Perhaps it would be good to contact Sprint and turn these
people in.  I'm sure his upstream provider has an acceptable usage policy,
even if he has a T1 or T3.  Remember "Spamford"?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Owens" <[e-mail]>
To: <[e-mail]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 9:05 PM
Subject: [OT] Warning of probable spam house

> Got a spam on another mailing list, it came from 65.168.244.3, whois says
>
>   APPLICATIONS SALES, INC. (NETBLK-FON-110159155284355)
>    23542 LYON AVE. STE 200B
>    SANTA CLARITA, CA 91321
>    US
>
>    Netname: FON-110159155284355
>    Netblock: 65.168.244.0 - 65.168.244.255
>
>    Coordinator:
>       CHAVEZ, ARMANDO  (AC798-ARIN)  [e-mail]
>       [phone]
>
> Extract of spam.  I leave you to draw your own conclusions about what
> to do with any packets from 65.168.244.0/24.
>
>   To: Business Owner<>
>   Subject: We Will Send Your E Mail For You
>
>   If you wish to send a message using an E Mail list of almost any size,
>   either on a one time or repetitive basis, we can send your E Mail for
>   you.
>
>   We have high speed bandwidth, and are our own ISP.  We do not have any
>   restrictions on the size of the E Mail list you can use, nor do we
>   concern ourselves over whether the lists we send for our customers are
>   "opt in" or not; we rely on our customer's discretion.  We can also
>   develop custom E Mail lists for you, should you need them.
>
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