Usenet harvesters and spammers. 24.96.20.36: Access denied. ======= My complaint ======= From dolphin-mp3@konx.com Sun Aug 5 19:39:36 2001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Dolphin Reply-To: dolphin-mp3@konx.com Organization: Private person To: Spam reports , uce@ftc.gov, abuse@gte.net, ehostmaster@networkcommerce.com Subject: [email] Spam attempts (Usenet harvest: lartavista.com)! Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 19:39:36 +0300 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] Cc: offer@lartavista.com, receive@3mdesigns.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01080519393600.10750@orca.dolphinwave.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Bcc: dolphin-mp3@konx.com Status: RO X-Status: S Today my mailserver logged several attempts to deliver an e-mail to my address used on the alt.animals.dolphins Usenet forum in June and July only (and already expired), from the same source: [24.96.20.36] (www.lartavista.com = fl.24.96.20.36.cablemodem.gte.net) as mail from offer@lartavista.com. Doing a search on the 'net I can see the ads for www.lartavista.com:88 placed on several newsgroups under the subject "Free Credit Evaluation!", Message IDs (also from the GTE network): Spam patterns are obvious. Please, ensure that there will be no more spam from that person! Thanks! ======= Spammer: www.lartavista.com [24.96.20.36] Registrant: LartaVIsta Gebrail Atkins (receive@3mdesigns.com) 325HeronsRunDr. #808 Sarasota, FL 34232 US Administrative: Network Commerce Inc. eHost Administrator (ehostmaster@networkcommerce.com) 877.775.1582 FAX: 206-223-2324 411 First Ave. So. Seattle, WA 98104 US Billing: Network Commerce Inc. eHost Administrator (ehostmaster@networkcommerce.com) 877.775.1582 FAX: 206-223-2324 411 First Ave. So. Seattle, WA 98104 US Technical: Network Commerce Inc. eHost Administrator (ehostmaster@networkcommerce.com) 877.775.1582 FAX: 206-223-2324 411 First Ave. So. Seattle, WA 98104 US DOMAIN CREATED : 2000-09-20 23:32:14 DOMAIN EXPIRES : 2001-09-20 23:32:14 NAMESERVERS: DNS1.ENOM.COM DNS2.ENOM.COM DNS3.ENOM.COM DNS4.ENOM.COM GTE Intelligent Network IP block [24.96.0.0 - 24.96.63.255]. Upstream: GTE (cable3-042.gte.net). === Sendmail logs (GMT+0300) === Aug 5 13:36:36 orca sendmail[10222]: f75AaZ110222: ... User unknown Aug 5 13:36:36 orca sendmail[10222]: f75AaZ110222: from=, size=0, class=0, nrcpts=0, proto=SMTP, daemon=Daemon0, relay=fl.24.96.20.36.cablemodem.gte.net [24.96.20.36] Aug 5 13:38:40 orca sendmail[10225]: f75Acc110225: ... User unknown Aug 5 13:38:40 orca sendmail[10225]: f75Acc110225: from=, size=0, class=0, nrcpts=0, proto=SMTP, daemon=Daemon0, relay=fl.24.96.20.36.cablemodem.gte.net [24.96.20.36] Aug 5 14:15:13 orca sendmail[10402]: f75BFD110402: ... User unknown Aug 5 14:15:14 orca sendmail[10402]: f75BFD110402: from=, size=0, class=0, nrcpts=0, proto=SMTP, daemon=Daemon0, relay=fl.24.96.20.36.cablemodem.gte.net [24.96.20.36] Aug 5 14:15:14 orca sendmail[10403]: f75BFE110403: ... User unknown Aug 5 14:15:15 orca sendmail[10403]: f75BFE110403: from=, size=0, class=0, nrcpts=0, proto=SMTP, daemon=Daemon0, relay=fl.24.96.20.36.cablemodem.gte.net [24.96.20.36]