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Spamfighters Get A Hold Of Spammers' Incoming Mail

Posted by Hemos on from the read-the-juicy-bits dept.

Karin Spaink writes "On July 3 2003, cyberangels.nl was obtained by Spamvrij.nl, a Dutch foundation fighting spam. Previously, the domain was owned by the infamous Cyberangels, who are majorly involved in spamming. Cyberangels felt forced to drop the domain when the ground under their feet got too hot after BBC journalist Andrew Bomford connected Dutch ISP Megaprovider to Cyberangels. Since the MX-records for cyberangels.nl now point to spamvrij.nl too, they get all Cyberangels' incoming mail: bounces, spam complaints and what have you. Have a peek: what kind of mail does a major spammer receive in the course of three days? By now, they have a very precise answer: 6305 mails. Spamvrij.nl published an analysis of those mails on its site."

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  1. Not in three days. by Bilange · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...what kind of mail does a major spammer receive in the course of three days? By now, we have a very precise answer: 6305 mails.

    They are wrong. Look in the page linked:

    Introduction: 6305 mails in (basically) one day

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  2. Bevelander by dapozza- · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's all about a young guy called Martijn Bevelander, there is alot of press now here in Holland because the net is closing around him. Hope he gets banned from the Dutch Internet provider group and his company stops.

    Latest news (in Dutch):

    http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/15564.phtml

    1. Re:Bevelander by AndroidCat · · Score: 5, Informative

      Here's a story in The Register about Martijn Bevelander and this turn of events.

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  3. Re:Errr...isn't this illegal? by ChrisPaget · · Score: 5, Informative

    RTFA. They didn't hijack the domain, they re-registered it when cyberangels de-registered it. They bought and paid for a domain that the previous owner no longer wanted.

  4. Only 6000? by RealisticWeb.com · · Score: 4, Informative

    6000 emails in 3 days? That doesn't sound like nearly enough for a serious spammer. I had a web server compromised by a spammer last year and I received more than 6000 bounce-backs in less than three days before I found the hole and patched it up. It seems to me like a professional spammer would have several servers at several IP's and get way more spam than that. Especially when you include complaint email.

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  5. Mail from martijn@cyberangels.nl recieved by kspaink · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually, we had one already - which is analysed at http://www.cyberangels.nl/evidence/mailmartijn.htm l, and only now two news mails arrived. Check the mail analysis page for updates.

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