more tips re: net-abuse

[Daniel Wa1ker <walker...>]

At 1:13 AM 5/5/95, Jack Falk wrote:
>Thanks for following up on this.  Just in case I need to take
>similar action in the future, what exactly would I need to do
>to send a note to someone's system administrator?
>
>And a good Shabbos to you!
>
>Jack "Yankl" Falk

You replace the user's name with "root" or "postmaster" (I usually send to
both). If they are an educational site, I usually strip the address all the
way back to *.edu.

For example, with your address <jackfalk (at) teleport(dot)com>, I'd write to
<root (at) teleport(dot)com> and <postmaster (at) teleport(dot)com>.

I used to have an address <walker (at) neon(dot)chem(dot)utk(dot)edu>; if I 
were complaining
about this user, I'd write to <root (at) utk(dot)edu> or <postmaster (at) 
utk(dot)edu>.

I have a friend whose address is <alan (at) hecate(dot)demon(dot)co(dot)uk>. If 
I were going
over his head, I'd write to <root (at) demon(dot)co(dot)uk> and
<postmaster (at) demon(dot)co(dot)uk>.

I ascend the heirarchy on commercial and/or academic accounts because
sometimes the abuser owns his whole domain.

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