Re: surge in spam email (fwd)

["Derek J. Balling" <dredd () megacity org>]

At 3:46 PM -0400 8/9/00, Barry Shein wrote:
> We need laws,...

<snip>

I dunno,... using your list as a guide, I don't find a lot that US 
legislators can do... last I heard, .au, .pl, .de, .pt, .uk, .sg, 
.tw, .fr, .nz, and .es are all outside of the "long arm o' the law". 
I didn't take the time to see how many of the [IP] and .(com|net|org) 
entries were actually in the US or were themselves foreign, but the 
top 6 entries in your list would "laugh at those silly American 
laws". That puts the majority of spam out of the reach of the law, 
making the law a useless waste of time. This is definitely an area 
that self-governance (ORBS, MAPS, et al, choose YOUR personal 
favorite... "let's not argue over who killed who") is best.

>  119 entoo.connect.com.au
>  112 mailsite.dmn.com.au
>   64 root () www awf poznan pl
>   56 www.nehls.de
>   51 berbigao.ciberdados.pt
>   48 margaux.vital.co.uk
>   48 203.106.85.201
>   47 scutter.tele2.net.uk
>   38 host-195.certex.se
>   36 213.162.13.133
>   36 202.3.41.183
>   33 yarrina.connect.com.au
>   29 203.126.68.25
>   28 www.franchise.org.au
>   28 194.216.173.150
>   27 mail@203.31.165.4
>   27 203.116.209.155
>   24 mta2-rme.xtra.co.nz
>   24 202.138.13.204
>   23 www.ctonline.it
>   22 mta1-rme.xtra.co.nz
>   22 IDENT:root () tulip swiftech net sg
>   20 wellington.csi.net.uk
>   19 asterix.rain.fr
>   18 twtpemr2.acer.com.tw
>   18 root () loxy swiftech net sg
>   18 fwuser () c3n12p5 calypso net
>   18 194.186.224.133
>   18 193.222.60.31
>   17 ubistb.ubi.pt
>   16 serv2.is1.u-net.net
>   16 mta3-rme.xtra.co.nz
>   16 acemail2.acenet.net.au
>   15 venus.i3-service.de
>   15 firewall-user@203.103.72.218
>   14 194.74.63.249
>   13 relay.iunet.it
>   12 mta4-rme.xtra.co.nz
>   11 aslmsin.com.sg
>   10 domino.sanitrans.org
>    6 beer.uven.ru
>    4 194.172.92.34
>    3 212.35.64.5
>    2 rubis.promo.oleane.com
>    2 mitra.conexis.es
>    2 203.39.3.182
>    1 zippy.ims.net
>    1 skate.cape.com
>    1 posets.cepymearagon.es
>    1 c3n12p5.calypso.net
>    1 aloha.webkahuna.com
>    1 212.34.192.20
>    1 212.15.64.10
>    1 210.63.96.18
>    1 203.62.199.3
>    1 203.123.5.231
>    1 195.141.231.195