SPAM, ABUSE, BLOCK: Steve Ballmer spams domain registration database

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org>
Date: October 29, 2004 3:21:45 PM EDT
To: declan () well com, dave () farber net
Subject: Fwd: SPAM, ABUSE, BLOCK: Steve Ballmer spams domain 
registration database

This isn't all that surprising: Microsoft has a long history of sporadic
spamming and is well-known for its unflagging support of spammers (via
Hotmail, BCentral, etc.).

Still...this is rather over-the-top even for them.

---Rsk


----- Forwarded message from Bob Poortinga <> 
-----

> Date:         Thu, 28 Oct 2004 12:10:04 -0500
> From: Bob Poortinga <>
> Subject: SPAM, ABUSE, BLOCK: Steve Ballmer spams domain registration 
> database
> To: SPAM-L () PEACH EASE LSOFT COM
>
> Sigh.  M$ FUD spam sent under Steve Ballmer's name to an email address
> which is only used as a domain registration contact.  Of course, it 
> does
> not even comply with the most rudimentary requirements of the 
> You-CAN-SPAM
> act.  Additionally, there are no line breaks within paragraphs.  Yuck.
>
> I'm sure that if I report them to their upstream, they'll be unplugged 
> ;-p
> I suppose that I should post this to NANAS for future reference.
>
> --
> Bob Poortinga  K9SQL
> Bloomington, Indiana  US
>
> "the Internet interprets spam as noise and suppresses it"
>
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