Help me get rid of Bull's Eye Gold, please

[Linda Woods Hyman]

Good advice. I am forwarding this to the list as it explains the process
pretty well. Thanks.

>On Tue, 21 Apr 1998, Linda Woods Hyman wrote:
>
>> Howdy! Does anyone know how I can stop getting this *&&^#$#@^ email from
>> Bull's Eye Gold. I get a message from them at least once a day. Usually I
>> can spot it before I open it because the return address is all numbers.
>> Anyone have the solution?
>
>Examine the full message headers and figure out where it is actually
>coming from.  The clue is in the Received: lines.  Look for the machine
>which passed it into your ISP's server.  Use nslookup (even Win95 comes
>with that one.... I think) to see who owns the address.  If it is blank
>use traceroute (Win32 calls it tracert) to find the last named machine
>leading into the spammer's machine.
>
>Then forward a copy of the message, with ALL of the headers intact to
>abuse at domainname.
>
>Example: pppxx.nyc.abigisp.net is where it originated.  You would complain
>to abuse at abigisp.net and odds are it will stop. At least until the idiot
>gets an account with another ISP and starts the whole thing over.
>
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Linda Woods Hyman
Pacific Bell Education First
Dept. of Educational Technology
San Diego State University
San Diego  CA  92182  (619) 594-4414
e-mail:  lhyman at mail.sdsu.edu
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired