I usually stay out of the followup discussions regarding SPAMS, but the recent
"God Loves You" spam went to many newsgroups and ended up on many listserv
discussion lists. Several factors to remember:

1. The people who posted the message used a FAKE return e-mail message. Rather
cowardly.

2. If you try to reply to the message you are replying to the entire list and
your reply is going to more than 1400 subscribers.

3. Looking at the newgroup header the origin of the posting was from the
spirit.com domain. A check as to who owns the spirit.com domain:

$ whois spirit.org
Grandville Assembly of God (SPIRIT2-DOM)
   3260 52nd St SW
   Grandville, MI 49418
   USA

   Domain Name: SPIRIT.ORG

   Administrative Contact:
      Godfrey, John F.  (JG179)  [log in to unmask]
      (616)531-0010
   Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
      Paramo, Jorge  (JP1031)  [log in to unmask]
      616- 281-5254 (FAX) 616-281-2268
   Billing Contact:
      Falbisaner, Maribeth  (MF446)  [log in to unmask]
      (616) 281-5254

   Record last updated on 12-Jan-96.
   Record created on 28-Sep-94.

   Domain servers in listed order:

   K2.ISERV.NET                 204.177.184.10
   EVEREST.ISERV.NET            204.177.184.15

The message was a veiled attempt to proseltytize as many people as possible on
the Internet. The message posted was, in my opinion, posted by a coward who was
afraid to stand behind their posting with a real e-mail address. Please feel
free to reply to the message to the administrative contact name listed above:
[log in to unmask] Just be careful when hitting the reply button.

--john chadwick
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