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RoadRunner Co-Opting "Organization" Headers

Posted by timothy on from the you-are-what-you-subscribe-to dept.

Dusty Rhodes writes: "AOL-Time Warner cable Internet Provider RoadRunner has begun co-opting the 'Organization' line of Usenet headers, replacing whatever information a user enters with 'Organization: Road Runner - (location).' All RoadRunner customers nationwide, including business customers, have had their organization identity hijacked with no disclosure whatsoever, much less an opt-in or even an opt-out. Nothing in their TOS or AUP. Nada."

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  1. Re:Spam? (Was: Re:Why?) by dougmc · · Score: 4, Interesting
    The biggest reason I can see is to help cut down on spam. If people try spamming through RR, the recipient will KNOW it came from a RR server, and know where to complain.
    That's what the
    X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com
    header is for. It's added by most(?) ISPs nowadays, including TWRR. The only reason I can see for TWRR to change the Organization: header is `branding' -- to put their name on your post. As if they owned it or something.