Right Cecil, That is exactly what you said.
Just shows how confusion can arise when people skim through
a lot of email swiftly. On the other hand, I appreciated the reminder
about the actual manner in which the virus operates.
Thanks all.
73 de Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "KD5NWA" <KD5NWA@mbayona.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 9:42 AM
Subject: RE: [TenTec] Blacklist (Not)
> I didn't say I was going to blacklist them did I? I said they are already
on
> the blacklist of those anti Spam companies, and maybe, just maybe they
would
> like to know.
>
> Cecil
> KD5NWA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-admin@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-admin@contesting.com]On
> Behalf Of N1EU
> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 7:40 AM
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: [TenTec] Blacklist (Not)
>
>
> KD5NWA wrote:
> "I have noticed that several members of this list are
> blacklisted with SPAMCOP, or VISI for sending Spam
> from their mail address, I must assume that they are
> unawares that their ISP is allowing that. I'll start
> saving the names, and let the group know when I have a
> large number of address."
>
> As has been noted previously, the Klez virus aliases
> the originator's email address, so such blacklisting
> is fruitless - you end up blacklisting the innocent
> party and nothing is done to rid the virus infection.
> In other words, W1XV did NOT originate the recent
> "Look,my beautiful girlfriend" email to the list - his
> address was stolen from the inbox of an infected
> computer somewhere. So blacklisting W1XV is an
> improper response.
>
> 73,
> Barry N1EU
>
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