Re: I got a live one! - Spam source

[John Peach <john-nanog () johnpeach com>]

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:16:15 +0530
Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists () gmail com> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Michael Peddemors
> <michael () linuxmagic com> wrote:
> > > Could you elaborate on what constitutes correct swip information?
> >
> > Sure, you just opened the door to my opinions on this :)
>
> Dysfunctional rwhois servers sounds more like general brokenness than
> malice.  The other interesting (!) characteristic of thie sort of bulk
> mailer discussed in this thread is that the netblock is most likely
> swipped / rwhois'd to a brand new shell company LLC, headquartered in
> what looks like a UPS store maildrop.

In the instances he quoted, I prefer, at best, a wish not to know about
what is spewing from their address space.




-- 
John