On Tue, 2008-01-22 at 20:11 -0500, Jacques B. wrote: > On Jan 22, 2008 8:01 PM, Michael Schwendt <mschwendt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 23/01/2008, Karl Larsen <k5di@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I can't forward to the offender because my address is just sent back > > > to me so please send this to him: > > > > > > Hi. you are forwarding the fedora list to me. Please stop doing that. > > > > > > dherbert66@xxxxxxxxx > > > > > > Karl > > > > I would not assume that there's a real person behind that address. > > You may need to send an abuse complaint to Google. Consider it likely > > that somebody opened a Google Mail account with faked data. > > > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > My thoughts exactly when I saw Karl's plea for help to which you > responded. Sounds like someone created an account for that purpose > only (or ultimately abandoned it for that purpose). Your only avenue > is an abuse complaint with Google. Fortunately Google logs IP > addresses during account creation and account access. So they can > pursue the matter with the ISP or company who owns that IP. Not sure > what they will require to pursue it to that extent. I've sent dozens of such requests to Google over the last year and sadly, I've never gotten either a problem resolution or even an automated response from their system acknowledging receipt of the mail. If anybody here has ever had a positive experience in this regard, I'd very much like to hear in detail about the experience. Andy
