more on Why Technologists Should Stay Involved with SPAM Legislation

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:40:06 -0500
From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org>
Subject: Re: [IP] : Why Technologists Should Stay Involved with SPAM 
Legislation
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Cc: Roland Cole <cole () spi org>

[ I'm way out of sync with inbound and outbound mail due to a network
problem, weather, and assorted other excuses.  But I wanted to clarify
something. ]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 12:05:40PM -0500, Rich Kulawiec wrote:
> And oh-by-the-way: the spammers would be DELIGHTED if someone was so
> amazingly stupid as to try to build a "do-not-spam' registry.  They've be
> delighted [...] (b) because it would save them a lot of time, work, and 
money.

Here's what I mean.  This is one sample of thousands available; this
particular one just happened to make it onto my radar because it showed
up in a forum I track relatively closely.    The sender's address may be
forged (I haven't checked) but the spammer appears to give a real
working address in the body of the message.

My point is that having the feds compile lists and make them available
free-of-charge would certainly detract from part of this spambag's
business, but would of course be a boon to all of his/her customers.

It would also be a boon to virus/worm authors: consider the M$ worm
de jour and how fast it might spread itself if, wired into it, was
the URL for such a huge list of addreses.

---Rsk

> From: Gregory Schurman <birney () earthlink net>
> To: Support <support () -hidden- com>
> Subject: Bulk email lists & distribution
> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 11:03:23 -0500
> Message-ID: <100001c3e293$ad4fee12$4ae230e4 () earthlink net>
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
> X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4024
> Importance: Normal
> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1081
> X-AntiVirus: Checked by Dr.Web (http://www.drweb.net)
> X-Spam-Filtered: c85efb97b6a87ef9ee84e2af10ae6572
> X-Razor-Id: 1  e1: hMlfUcCHMMVgUFYtoncEbuMcaxMA
> X-Mail-Format-Warning: Bad RFC2822 header formatting in 1.0 e2: 
2yh94hIguOGSamikrNf3UR4eQ0gA
> X-Mail-Format-Warning: Bad RFC2822 header formatting in 1.0 e3: 
2EgzxdUWfUkbVERgoNJTnOqsi3iknGNvAcGRRYjCUQsA
> X-Mail-Format-Warning: Bad RFC2822 header formatting in 1.0 e4: 
u7UVJ3DfrB-HiiKKlokkipWelWUA, ep4: 7542-10
> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on aza.marx
> X-Spam-Level: ****
> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=4.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,
>         RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET,RCVD_IN_DSBL,RCVD_IN_SORBS,US_DOLLARS_2
>         autolearn=no version=2.60
> Status: RO
> Content-Length: 4723
>
> Hello:
>
> Here is a list of fresh email databases we are offering. We also perform 
high-speed email distribution.
> The lists are sorted geographically (by countries) and by 
Internet/WebMail providers.
> Please write me to lists () outhosted com only (PLEASE USE THIS EMAIL ONLY 
AND DO NOT 'REPLY' TO THE MESSAGE).
>
> By Internet & WebMail providers:
>
> @aol.com (America Online). 29,226,330 records. $200/Million (Mill.)
>
> @hotmail.com (Hotmail). 18,720,334 records. $200/Mill.
>
> @compuserve.com/@cs.com (Compuserve). 19,137,255 records. $200/Mill.
>
> @yahoo.com (Yahoo!). 6,230,372 records. $500/Mill.
>
> @msn.com (Microsoft Network). 2,892,984 records. $500/Mill.
>
> @mailcity.com (MailCity). 787,043 records. $500/Mill.
>
> @earthlink.com/@earthlink.net/@mindspring.com (Earthlink). 1,193,178 
records. $650/Mill.
>
> @lycos.com (Lycos). 472,763 records. $200/100 thousand.
>
> @angelfire.com (Angelfile). 438,887 records. $200/100 thousand.
>
> @dell.com (Dell). 291,278 records. $200/100 thousand.
>
> @ntl.com (NTL). 251,256 records. $200/100 thousand.
>
> @bigfoot.com (BigFoot). 229,319 records. $200/100 thousand.
>
> @juno.com (Juno). 169,207 records. $450/Whole database.
>
> @excite.com (Excite). 165,467 records. $400/Whole database.
>
> @attbi.com (Comcast). 122,578 records. $300/Whole database.
>
> @btinternet.com (BT Openworld). 142,214 records. $300/Whole database.
>
> @netscape.net (Netscape). 1,805,338 records. $500/Mill.
>
> @bellsouth.net (BellSouth). 284,095 records. $200/100 thousand.
>
> @att.net (AT&T). 579,418 records. $200/100 thousand.
>
> @prodigy.net (Prodigy) 235,579 records. $500/Whole database.
>
> @webtv.net (WebTV). 204,661 records. $300/Whole database.
>
> @pacbell.net (Packard Bell). 153,719 records. $400/Whole database.
>
> @adelphia.net (Adelphia). 127,844 records. $300/Whole database.
>
> @gmx.net (GMX). 120,449 records. $300/Whole database.
>
> .com (the rest). 16,372,830 records. $200/Mill.
>
> .net (the rest). 7,882,494 records. $200/Mill.
>
> .org (Probably non-profit organizations). 295,335 records. $700/Whole 
database.
>
> .gov (Government authorities). 20,643 records. $200/Whole database.
>
> By country:
>
> .am (Armenia). 5,971 records. $100/Whole database.
>
> .at (Austria). 345,385 records. $200/100 thousand.
>
> .au (Australia). 946,536 records. $200/100 thousand.
>
> .be (Belgium). 148,248 records. $200/100 thousand.
>
> .bg (Bulgaria). 28,417 records. $100/Whole database.
>
> .br (Brazil). 350,716 records. $200/100 thousand.
>
> .ca (Canada). 883,428 records. $200/100 thousand.
>
> .ch (Switzerland). 801,517 records. $200/100 thousand.
>
> .cn (China). 79,036 records. $200/100 thousand.
>
> .cz (Chech Republic). 141,950 records. $200/100 thousand.
>
> .de (Germany). 4,874,842 records. $800/Mill.
>
> .dk (Denmark). 152,028 records. $200/100 thousand.
>
> .ee (Estonia). 56,728 records. $200/Whole database.
>
> .es (Spain). 261,555 records. $200/100 thousand.
>
> .fi (Finland). 132,093 records. $200/100 thousand.
>
> .fm (Micronesia). 16,773 records. $100/Whole database.
>
> .fr (France). 527,184 records. $200/100 thousand.
>
> .ge (Georgia). 4,682 records. $100/Whole database.
>
> .gr (Greece). 55,477 records. $100/Whole database.
>
> .hk (Hong Kong). 37,821 records. $100/Whole database.
>
> .id (Indonesia). 37,943 records. $100/Whole database.
>
> .ie (Ireland). 77,195 records. $200/Whole database.
>
> .il (Israel). 103,680 records. $300/Whole database.
>
> .it (Italy). 754,471 records. $200/100 thousand.
>
> .jp (Japan). 502,908 records. $200/100 thousand.
>
> .kg (Kirghizia). 5,594 records. $100/Whole database.
>
> .kr (Korea). 62,103 records. $200/Whole database.
>
> .kz (Kazakhstan). 17,166 records. $100/Whole database.
>
> .lt (Lithuania). 32,744 records. $100/Whole database.
>
> .lu (Luxemburg). 8,972 records. $100/Whole database.
>
> .lv (Latvia). 39,140 records. $100/Whole database.
>
> .md (Moldavia). 7,874 records. $100/Whole database.
>
> .my (Malaysia). 74,846 records. $200/Whole database.
>
> .nl (Netherlands, Holland). 479,138 records. $200/100 thousand.
>
> .no (Norway). 118,467 records. $300/Whole database.
>
> .nz (New Zealand). 155,293 records. $350/Whole database.
>
> .pl (Poland). 202,212 records. $500/Whole database.
>
> .pt (Portugal). 73,141 records. $200/database.
>
> .ro (Romania). 35,337 records. $100/Whole database.
>
> .se (Sweden). 263,535 records. $500/Whole database.
>
> .sg (Singapore). 97,397 records. $300/Whole database.
>
> .si (Slovenia). 12,438 records. $100/Whole database.
>
> .sk (Slovakia). 59,809 records. $150/Whole database.
>
> .tr (Turkey). 24,354 records. $100/Whole database.
>
> .uk (Great Britain, England). 825,640 records. $200/100 thousand.
>
> .us (USA). 109,071 records. $300/Whole database.
>
> .uz (Uzbekistan). 1,748 records. $100/Whole database.
>
> .vn (Vietnam). 7,778 records. $100/Whole database.
>
> 

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