Re: RE: OT: Interesting email I received

[Gregory Hicks <ghicks () cadence com>]

I may have jumped the gun a bit - although the name is suggestive...

It looks like CnS Systems, Inc is a business in NC...

Gregory

> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 15:15:40 -0800 (PST)
> From: Gregory Hicks <ghicks>
>
> > Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 17:37:04 -0500
> > From: John Neiberger <neiby () ureach com>
> >
> >
> > Hmm...I'm still able to reach that site as of 3:30 Mountain 
> > time.  Perhaps his service hasn't been discontinued after all.  
> > We can only hope, though.  Surely Qwest won't continue to let 
> > this bonehead use their network.
> >
> > Perhaps this is actually a Qwest front company and they're 
> > trying to lure people into using their bulkmailing services.  
> > By doing this they can get a lot of the bulk mails to at least 
> > have the same set of source IP addresses making them easier to 
> > filter for the rest of us.  :-)  Sort of like a honey pot for 
> > idiots, because in this case they'd even be paying to use it.
>
> Actually, I don't believe that it *is* a front for quest.  One of the
> responses I got from whois indicated that the name is owned by 
> "CnS Systems, Inc" ...
>
> Can anyone say "Cantor and ..."  The people that brought the art of
> spam to its current unloved height?
>
> Regards,
> Gregory Hicks
>
> > ---- On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Joe Blanchard (jblanchard () wyse com) 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I just had to call that number on his web page
> > > and ask if it was some sort of joke, The guy 
> > > there "Paul" didn't have any idea that his
> > > services were disrupted, and he even seemed 
> > > excited at the prospect of doing some Bulk/Spam 
> > > Email for me. 
> > >
> > > When I mentioned I couldn't get to his webpage
> > > He seemed surprised. I ended the convo with 
> > > "You should really read the TOS with your ISP" <click>
> > >
> > > hahaha. I would love to hear the conversation between him
> > > and Qwest Tech/Support. 
> > >
> > > Cheers!
> > > -Joe
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Gregory Hicks                        | Principal Systems Engineer
Cadence Design Systems               | Direct:   408.576.3609
555 River Oaks Pkwy M/S 6B1          | Fax:      408.894.3479
San Jose, CA 95134                   | Internet: ghicks () cadence com

"The trouble with doing anything right the first time is that nobody
appreciates how difficult it was."

When a team of dedicated individuals makes a commitment to act as
one...  the sky's the limit.

"There is no limit to what a man can do or how far he can go if he
doesn't mind who gets the credit." - Robert Woodruff