Thank you, John, for the information.  I suggest everyone on museum-l write
to the site administrators to complain about this unwelcome SPAM.


On 12/12 John Chadwick wrote:

>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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