Well we technically can't directly do it either. But since the ID administrator is part of the same department as central mail services all it takes is a phone call and the ID goes bye bye (actually it gets suspended... not eliminated).
K On 18-Dec-07, at 8:33 AM, Liam Hoekenga wrote: > >> >> We just went the simple route - if we find a spammer, we disable the >> ID. We can look to see the account information and can tell with >> pretty much 100% accuracy if the user passes the smell test. 99% of >> the time the IP address comes from Nigeria (though we have seen a few >> others... Russia... Egypt... etc). If it turns out to be a legit ID >> that has been compromised (we've had that happen as well) the user >> simply comes in and sees our abuse team and ID administrator to >> get it >> reinstated. > There are political reasons that we (the campus webmasters) can't > disable the accounts ourselves. :\ > > Liam > -- > IMP mailing list - Join the hunt: http://horde.org/bounties/#imp > Frequently Asked Questions: http://horde.org/faq/ > To unsubscribe, mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- IMP mailing list - Join the hunt: http://horde.org/bounties/#imp Frequently Asked Questions: http://horde.org/faq/ To unsubscribe, mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
