I just sent a note to "abuse(a)rootseb.com" and this is the response I got.
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Return-Path: <twp(a)bl-12.rootsweb.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 04:34:42 -0700
From: Tim Pierce <twp(a)rootsweb.com>
To: mcpickle(a)STC.Net
References: <1.5.4.16.19980630073724.3c474294(a)pop.STC.Net>
X-Loop: abuse(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: your problem report to abuse(a)rootsweb.com
Hi --
This is an automatic response to the mail you sent to
abuse(a)rootsweb.com. I'm Tim Pierce, senior system administrator
for the RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative. Currently I
handle all mail for abuse(a)rootsweb.com, and will generally act
within minutes on any report of a RootsWeb-related attack.
Important! If you're complaining about ``spam'' you've received
recently (unsolicited commercial e-mail), MAKE SURE THAT THE SPAM
CAME FROM ROOTSWEB! Check the full headers of the message and see
if there's a ``rootsweb.com'' anywhere in there. If the spam
didn't come from our machines, there just isn't anything that I
can do about it -- sorry.
If the spam didn't come from RootsWeb, what can you do about it?
- Ask your local tech support folks for help identifying
the sender. Many ISPs provide someone like me whose job it
is to complain about spam on behalf of all their users. Find
out whether there's such a person at your site.
- Join CAUCE, the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail.
These folks, who really have their act together, are lobbying
Congress to pass a bill to criminalize junk e-mail. They can use
all the help they can get. See
http://www.cauce.org.
- If you're a U.S. citizen, write to your Congressional
representatives and urge them to co-sponsor HR 1748, the
"Netizens Protection Act of 1997" sponsored by Rep.
Christopher Smith of New Jersey. This bill would extend
existing laws against junk faxes against junk e-mail, and is
the only bill presently before Congress that would stop spam
before it starts.
I do try to ensure that no spam makes it through our systems twice
(or even once if that's possible), and I try to respond to every
RootsWeb-related spam report that I get. If you haven't heard
from me in a day or so and are concerned that I missed your
complaint, don't be shy -- remind me.
Thanks for supporting RootsWeb!
Regards,
Tim Pierce
RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative
system obfuscator and hack-of-all-trades