> > > > I'd post to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and report the issue. There's not a whole > > > lot > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Do you know this is the correct address to send complaints to or are you > > just assuming the "abuse" part? If so, where did you find it? > > It's a convetional address. Another good alternative is: > > <domain>@abuse.net > > e.g.: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The folks at abuse.net maintain active reporting lists of addresses for > specific domains. This is my default reporting address. It also > insulates you somewhat from the spam source. >
That sounds a lot better (mailing abuse.net, that is). I notified my ISP (Yahoo!, in this case) and, upon notifying abuse.net, will probably call it quits. > > P.S. I was informed off-list that the debian-user list policy prohibits > > the use of symbols to represent profanity. I'm ashamed to say that I > > wasn't aware of this and apologize to anyone who may've been offended by > > my use of such "obscured cussing" at the beginning of my message... I was > > kind of ticket off when I wrote it. > > Fuck that shit. > :-) I know, I've seen quite a bit of profanity on this list in the past, but I usually try to respect other people on such issues so I thought an apology was in order. > Informed by whom? There's no notice of such a policy on the Debian > website. The only list policies I'm familiar with are open/closed > subscription, moderation, and the advertising policy: > > http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#ads > Yeah, that's all I found when I looked... I just assumed I wasn't looking hard enough. > > <aside> > 'From:' headers are so easy to forge, aren't they.... > </aside> > Yep... done it myself a couple times :-) (as pranks to people I knew, of course. I later notified them that it was me).