[LINK] Fwd: In The Australian tomorrow: the hunt for US bomb ings suspects

[Ben McGinnes]

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Chirgwin, Richard(Richard.Chirgwin@informa.com.au)@Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 12:=
26:52PM +1000:
>=20
> And what else? Well, there's a header from Mcastdirect.com, who's website
> merely says "Thank you for your interest in this site." (Translation, we
> don't want any commie anti-spam agitators hassling us.") So anti-spam
> agitators know where to go: Mcastdirect.com seems associated with
> www.mediactive.com.au in Melbourne. At least the registrant for one is the
> registrant for the other...

Well, if mcastdirect.com don't respond, one can always report them to their=
 host, ozonline.com.au=20
(Australia On Line).  If that doesn't work, then just work your way upstrea=
m until someone listens.

> Hang on? What's this? Another detail: Mediactive and Marketing eServices =
are
> at the same address...curiouser and curiouser said Alice. Seems News has a
> comprehensive strategy to (a) annoy its users and (b) do it through
> badly-concealed third parties...

Heh.

mediactive.com.au, however, is hosted elsewhere.  "Good" spammers don't put=
 all their eggs in one basket=20
(or mailbox).

> I'm surprised at how inept this turns out to be. News Ltd should wonder "=
are
> there people with three-figure IQs who might try and find out who we deal
> with?" instead of treating its readers as dummies...

Clearly News Ltd. can only deal with multiple choice answers.  In fact, giv=
en some media reports floating=20
around at the moment "one" option is about all they can cope with (e.g. who=
 is responsibe for the recent=20
terrorism: a, Osama bin Laden and ... no one gets beyond "a" ...).


Regards,
Ben

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