[cobalt-users] Re: Spam, harvesting cobalt list?

[Charlie Summers <charlie@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 8:59 AM -0400 6/10/02, Rick Ewart is rumored to have typed:

> Seems to me it was from one of
> the big raq hosting companies - rackspace.com if I recall...

   rackspace.com are well-known spammers, who dig in whois records of domains
hosted on their competitors for addresses, then spam the devil out of you. I
ended up blocking them (and their customers) on the /etc/mail/access level,
like:

## Stupid rackspace.com spammed me!
64.39.0	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.1	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.2	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.3	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.4	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.5	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.6	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.7	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.8	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.9	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.10	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.11	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.12	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.13	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.14	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.15	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.16	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.17	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.18	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.19	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.20	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.21	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.22	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.23	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.24	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.25	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.26	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.27	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.28	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.29	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.30	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers
64.39.31	572 We do not accept mail from rackspace.com spammers

   So far, and it's been over two years, I haven't lost any legitimate email
I know of...haven't received a spam from these clowns, either.

   I had a discussion with one of their principles where he _swore_ his
company would never send spam, and if it did he would fire the salesman who
sent it IMMEDIATELY - and then promoted the guy who spammed me. Trust me,
this company is scum. Avoid at all costs.

         Charlie