Subject: Re: HELP!!! SOMEONE WANTS TO MAIL BOMB ME!!

From: Paul O Bartlett <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 11:08:59 -0400

On 13 May 1997, Tyrone Jue wrote:

> Could some one help me?  I have been receiving threats from this guy who said that he is going to mail bomb me!  The address
> on the letter is fake because he used my friends email address!  Is there anyway to shut down my mailbox from all incomming
> messages or is there someway to track down who is doing this?  Please help...

    I would suggest that the first thing you do is try to get some
local help from an experienced person to try to find out what the
would-be mail bomber's real address is.  Most organizations which
provide email service (schools, government agencies, commercial
providers) take such a dim view of mail bombing that they will simply
give a mail bomber the boot.  But you have to know the individual's
real address so you can send a complaint to
postmaster@_mail_bomber's_address_domain_.

    Failing that, from your message headers it appears that you are on
some kind of Un*x system.  If so, you can use a mail filtering tool
such as procmail to discard mail from that person as fast as it comes
in -- and also to log it for proof of what he is doing!  If you have a
WWW browser, browse my home page, follow the link to Nancy McGough's
pages, and go a couple of links in to all of her good information on
mail filtering.  procmail is not always the easiest tool to use for
newcomers, but it is extremely powerful.

    Good luck.

Paul                             <[email-masked]>
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