Re: FN-FORUM: Spam reporting authority

date posted 10th March 2006 11:39

On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 11:39:52AM -0000, Dave Cross wrote:
>
> Ciaron wrote:
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >I am getting numerous emails from a recruitment agency despite taking
> >the required action to remove myself from their mailing lists.
> >
> >Does anyone know of an official spam reporting authority?
>
> These people will have been given access to the internet by an ISP. You
> should work out which ISP they are using (rummaging in the 'Recieved'
> headers is a good way to do it) and then complaint to the ISP (usually
> through the abuse@ email address). By ignoring your unsubscription
> requests, the agency are almost certainly breaking the ISP's AUP.
>
> Many responsible ISPs are even including details of how to report abuses
> in email headers.

Or even report them to a blacklisting site such as spamhaus.org list.dsbl.org dynablock.njabl.org
Teach them to ignore your request!

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