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Rogue sites

The sites listed below have repeatedly, over an extended period of time, violated commonly held Internet standards by allowing or encouraging Usenet spam ("excessive multi-posting" or "EMP") or email spam ("mass unsolicited email"), either directly or by their customers. Sites are listed here only after a repeated pattern of flagrant abuses, and after multiple attempts to persuade them to change their behavior have been rebuffed.

Site name Domain name IP address range [1] Main reason[2] Date Listed Service Provider

Nature Plus natureplus.com 206.81.216.21 Advertised by Spam. 17 Nov 96 US West / Moneyworld

Camelot.Net multiple 206.149.148.0 - 206.149.151.0 E-mail spam. 17 Nov 96 AGIS.net

Complete~Axxcess axxcess.com 206.103.92.50 - 206.103.92.55 Spam Engine.E-mail spam.Advertised by Spam. 13 Dec 96 anet-dfw.com,mci.net

Eden BBS (EDENBBS-DOM) edenbbs.com 206.117.230.2 Spam Engine.E-mail spam.Advertised by Spam. 14 Dec 96 starlinknet.net

Hongkong Telecom IMS netvigator.com E-mail spam.Front for Spammers.Advertised by Spam. 3 Feb 97 MCI.NET

Owl's Eye Productions, Inc. owlsnest.com 206.112.60.212 E-mail spam. 11 Feb 97 nya.net

Free View Listings mailbank.com 204.244.193.11 Spam Engine.E-mail spam.Advertised by Spam. 24 Feb 97 mci.net

ISP International Inc isp-inter.net 207.120.43.(2|3), 207.120.140.180 E-mail spam.Front for Spammers.Lax ISP. 1 Mar 97 PG&C Leasing

Integrated Media Promotion Corporation marynet.com, sallynet.com, nancynet.com, and dozens more 208.1.117.0 Spam Engine.E-mail spam.Front for Spammers.Advertised by Spam. 1 Mar 97 Sprint

Cyber Promotions, Inc. answerme.com, cyberpromo.com, pleaseread.com, and many more 205.199.212.0-255,206.27.86.210,207.124.161.50 Spam Engine.E-mail spam.Front for Spammers.Advertised by Spam.Advertises Spammers/Spam Tools 3 Mar 97 agis.net, idci.net, mci.net respectively

American Communications Services, Inc. acsi.net 206.222.96.0 - 206.222.127.255 Lax ISP. 11 Dec 96 AGIS.NET

Cyber Action cyber-action.com 203.28.48.7 E-mail spam.Front for Spammers. 1 Feb 97

John Lester Inc. nicers.com 208.14.0.239 E-mail spam.Advertised by Spam.Advertises Spammers/Spam Tools 1 Feb 97

SOftcell Marketing, INC. softcell.net 208.206.54.51 E-mail spam.Front for Spammers. 2 Feb 97 Anawave SOftware

Quantum Communications/CV Communications quantcom.com, quantumcom.net, cvcom.net 38.220.191.0-32 E-mail spam.Front for Spammers.Advertised by Spam.Lax ISP. 10 Feb 97 psi.net

Idea Concepts iq-internet.com 208.8.32.0 - 208.8.39.255 Spam Engine.E-mail spam.Front for Spammers.Advertised by Spam. 13 Feb 97 sprintlink.net

Global Prosperity/Global Financial globalfinan.com, globalfinc.com, globalprosper.com, gatewayfin.com 206.31.38.79 Spam Engine.E-mail spam.Front for Spammers.Advertises Spammers/Spam Tools 27 Feb 97 MCI

Internet Communications Inc. inetcomm.net 205.216.2.17 Spam Engine.E-mail spam.Advertises Spammers/Spam Tools 28 Feb 97 ee.net

PowerNet pwrnet.com 207.43.160.0-207.43.163.0 E-mail spam.Advertised by Spam. 1 Mar 97 autonet.net

Ribbon Exchange ribbon-exchange.com 204.188.52.82 Spam Engine.E-mail spam.Advertised by Spam. 1 Mar 97 ieway.com

First Priority allvip.com 208.5.119.0 Spam Engine.E-mail spam.Advertises Spammers/Spam Tools 1 Mar 97 Sprint

Global Finance globalfn.com 204.137.161.0 E-mail spam. 17 Nov 96 cortland.com

The Lifestyle E-mail Network l-e-n.com 205.215.61.0 E-mail spam. 17 Nov 96 NetRail, Inc.

Prime Data WorldNet Systems netfree.com 207.15.68.0 - 207.15.71.0 Spam Engine. 17 Nov 96 SprintLink.net

Pewter Sports Paperweights gregg.world-access.com 204.179.250.2 E-mail spam.Advertises Spammers/Spam Tools 4 Dec 96 Global Access (WORLD-ACCESS.COM)

Discovery Online discoveryonline.com 206.222.107.10-206.222.107.11 E-mail spam.Advertised by Spam. 11 Dec 96 ACSI.NET

SuperNet, Inc. superlink.net 204.97.220 E-mail spam.Usenet spam. 1 Jan 97

Be Light & Salt juice1.net 206.222.26.1 E-mail spam.Advertised by Spam. 26 Jan 97 ee.net

Ramin Dabirian noci.com E-mail spam. 3 Feb 97 EARTHLINK.NET

Mail Loop Software mailloop.com 207.217.56.116 Spam Engine.E-mail spam.Usenet spam.Front for Spammers.Advertised by Spam.Advertises Spammers/Spam Tools 5 Feb 97 earthlink.net

Strut Your Stuff strutyourstuff.com 205.134.193.245 E-mail spam.Advertised by Spam. 10 Feb 97 nwrain.net

MaxxAnon/MoneySpider LLC moneyspider.com, web page at www.serve.com/jrp/index.html Spam Engine.Advertised by Spam.Advertises Spammers/Spam Tools 11 Feb 97 serve.com

Internet Express usa.net 192.156.196.0 E-mail spam.Usenet spam.Front for Spammers. 20 Feb 97 UUNET is one Usenet link

Free View Listings freeview.com 204.244.193.10 Spam Engine.E-mail spam.Advertised by Spam. 24 Feb 97 mci.net

Internet Fleamarket, Inc. internetfleamarket.com 206.84.217.3 Spam Engine.E-mail spam.Advertised by Spam. 1 Mar 97 satelnet.org

Telysis Communications Ltd. telysis.com 206.222.107.(190-200) Spam Engine.E-mail spam.Advertised by Spam. 1 Mar 97 acsi.net

Microsys Technologies, Inc. microsyssolutions.com 208.5.7.188 Spam Engine.E-mail spam.Advertises Spammers/Spam Tools 3 Mar 97 Crawford Communications

Interramp interramp.com multiple Lax ISP. 17 Nov 96 PSInet

Shopping Planet shoppingplanet.com/shopplanet.com 205.187.219 Spam Engine.E-mail spam.Advertised by Spam. 12 Jan 97 NetCom

G.G.G CentralRegistry centralregistry.com 205.185.60.108 Spam Engine.E-mail spam.Front for Spammers.Advertised by Spam. 15 Jan 97 NETCOM.COM

DM GROUP dm1.com 207.124.97.128 Spam Engine.E-mail spam.Advertised by Spam. 3 Feb 97 Cable & Wireless Internet Exchange cwix.net

En Route Information Highway eih.com 205.177.133.45 E-mail spam. 11 Feb 97 metrodc.net

Free View Listings vultures.com 204.244.193.10 Spam Engine.E-mail spam.Advertised by Spam. 24 Feb 97 mci.net

Cyber Times cybertimes.org, cyber-times.com (on hold) 206.42.98.200 Spam Engine.E-mail spam.Advertises Spammers/Spam Tools 28 Feb 97 Exchange Network (en.com)



Former Rogue Sites

The sites or IP address ranges listed below have been removed from the rogue sites list, and should no longer be sanctioned. IP or mail filtering schemes should remove these entries.

Site name Domain name IP address range [1] Main reason[3] Date Removed

Big Biz World big.bbbiiizzz.com 207.33.109.0 Service Terminated by Provider 19 Nov 96

Easyway Communications easyway.net Changed policy. 17 Jan 97

Internet Career Consultants webcareers.com 208.140.169.214 Shutdown by covesoft's downstream. 26 Feb 97

Moneyworld/Financial Connections moneyworld.com 205.227.174 Disconnected by provider 27 Nov 96

(MoneyWorld) (moneyworld.com) 208.129.19.69 Address Reassigned 17 Nov 96

Earthlink earthlink.net multiple Policy Change 17 Nov 96

Micrologic Corp. (WA) primeleads.com Connection terminated by SprintLink, may now be connected elsewhere 22 Dec 96

Capella Systems capella.net 208.141.98.190 Shutdown by covesoft 26 Feb 97

Earthstar earthstar.com 207.14.56.0 Cut off by Sprint, address reassigned 1 Mar 97

Adgrafix adgrafix.com 208.140.168.0 According to upstream, is now taking action against spammers 3 Mar 97



SprintLink Internetworking Services (sprintlink.net) was displaying many of the behavior traits that characterize a rogue site. They have now released a new Acceptable Conduct Policy that prohibits unsolicited commercial e-mail among other forms of net-abuse.


[1] IP addresses ending in zero denote the entire class C network (256 addresses) using that prefix. For example, 192.168.0.0 refers to all of the addresses from 192.168.0.1 through 192.168.0.254

[2] The main reasons that sites are listed here are summarized as follows:

Spam Engine
Site involved in the production, maintenance, or hosting of automated spam tools, such as "complaint-proof" hosting arrangements, selling or exchanging e-mail mailing lists, or spam-sending software tools.
E-mail Spam
Massive unsolicited bulk e-mail originating from this site.
Usenet Spam
Excessive Usenet multi-posting originating from this site.
Front for Spammers
Repeated pattern of providing direct network access to email or Usenet spammers or providing virtual hosting services to spammers, without evidence of any other type of business.
Advertised by Spam
Site hosts Web or other services advertised by spam, and does not hold customers responsible.
Lax ISP
Internet Service Provider that is repeatedly exploited by spammers to send out unsolicited bulk e-mail, and puts no mechanisms in place to prevent future spams. Note: it is difficult to sanction these sites without also affecting innocent customers who have purchased accounts and/or connectivity from these ISPs.

[3] The main reasons that sites or IP addresses are removed from the rogues' list are summarized as follows:

Policy Change
Site has implemented policies to prevent former abuses.
Address Reassigned
The IP address or address range in question is no longer assigned to the abusive site, generally because the service provider has terminated the abuser's service.

Scott Hazen Mueller / scott@zorch.sf-bay.org & Aliza R. Panitz / buglady@ability.net