Ed Wollmann Spams Usenet Part I

Ed Wollmann frequently sends complaints about others "spamming" 
even when the posts being complained about do not fall under the 
Skirvin guidelines. This is ironic, because Wollmann is well 
aware of what constitutes spam. He was TOSsed from AOL and lost 
6 accounts for spamming from there. He currently enjoys another 
AOL account because of a personnel change (David O'Donnell, who 
vowed that Mr. Wollmann was banned from AOL for "life", has 
moved on) and apparently the current group of Admins there are 
sympathetic to Wollmann's situation. Wollmann also has spammed 
from both Earthlink and ATT Worldnet, yet thoroughly detailed 
spam reports to both of those providers have gone apparently 
unheeded.

It is important to note that while the notion of "unclean hands" 
may be considered, and that there are two sides in the Wollmann 
Flamewars, Wollmann is the only one engaging in actual Net 
Abuse, that is, abuse OF the Net, with his Spamming and EMP. 
Certainly Earthlink and ATT Worldnet should allow their user 
Wollmann a robust amount of Freedom of Speech, but their 
allowance of his spam remains a puzzlement.
(see this link for a nice, short and straight to the point FAQ 
about Spam.)

Following are links to pre-configured DejaNews searches, as well 
as locally-archived evidence of Wollmann's spam and the 
resultant actions taken

29 Spams from Ed's sock puppet, [email protected] (see a couple 
examples archived locally: here or here)

At the time of his first spamfest, Wollmann was warned his BI 
was rising, yet continued posting the same EMP until well past 
the limit.

37 Spams from [email protected] (see a couple examples archived 
locally: here or here)

Wollmann here was spamming the same FAQ as in the above EMP.

AOL cancels 86 archimeden posts after Ed's July 97 spamfest.

AOL cancels 419 of ewollmann's posts after Ed's September '97 
spamfest.

AOL announces Wollmann account cancels in news.admin.net-
abuse.bulletins:

For ewollmann, hoovamoon, and archimeden (9/97)
For ewollmann1, altair100, and azimech (2/98)

AOL cancels 207 of Ed's posts after cancelling his ewollmann1 
account.
AOL cancels 35 of Ed's posts after cancelling his hoovamoon 
account.

Andrew Gierth's 11/19/98 Spam Cancel Bulletin (see entire post)

"Earthlink: please deal appropriately with your user. 20 
articles were
cancelled in 20 groups. The Breidbart Index was 42.71"

Andrew Gierth's 11/20/98 Spam Cancel Bulletin (see entire post)

"9 articles were cancelled in 8 groups. The Breidbart Index was 
20.08.
The cumulative Briedbart Index including previous reports is 
62.79."

Earthlink's abuse report on Ed in news.admin.net-abuse.bulletins 
(see entire post)

"The following EarthLink subscribers have been reported for 
Network or
USENET abuse. Appropriate action has been taken against these
entities in accordance with the Subscriber Agreement and AUP
(Acceptable Use Policy):.... arcturian1"

7/12/99 Wollmann EMP Spam Report (see entire post)

Though the tallied BI count is incorrect in this post, the 
actual count was still well over the BI limit for the time 
period. ATT Worldnet continues to allow Wollmann to spam this 
same EMP from his current account.

From: Trevor Hawthorn <[email protected]>
Subject: EarthLink's Network Abuse Report for Thursday July 16, 
1998
Date: 27 Jul 1998 00:00:00 GMT
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Approved: [email protected]
Followup-To: news.admin.net-abuse.usenet
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Organization: EarthLink Network, Inc.
Mime-Version: 1.0
Reply-To: [email protected]
Newsgroups: news.admin.net-abuse.bulletins
X-PH: [email protected]
Originator: [email protected]

EarthLink Net Abuse Report:

The following EarthLink subscribers have been reported for 
Network or
USENET abuse. Appropriate action has been taken against these
entities in accordance with the Subscriber Agreement and AUP
(Acceptable Use Policy):
http://www.earthlink.net/company/aupolicy.html.

To report Net Abuse, email [email protected] or 
[email protected].

For diagnostic and tracking purposes, please include a copy of 
the
suspected Spam or abuse, along with the full headers of the 
message.

The subscribers listed below have been reported to EarthLink and 
no
further reports are necessary regarding them, at this time. 
Thanks
for your patience, as we continue to make every effort to rid the
world of Spam.
Users:

1. hobag
2. sam369
3. arcturian1
4. smuck0
5. bulldogsii
6. vodka79
7. barb4
8. jake77
9. barney369
10. georgey1
11. ashrafa
12. leapinin
13. bettyboob
14. et38
15. tsofvi
16. 0pf9h
17. clipper99
18. kewler

The following are forged email addresses that have been handled 
with
action against the actual responsible EarthLink member. The 
order of the

listing does not coincide with the users listed above.

"<@earthlink.net:[email protected]
- dick@ .
[email protected]
[email protected]\
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

**To date, between May, 1996 and present, EarthLink has caught 
and taken

Action against 4127 users.

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From: [email protected]
Subject: AOL Abuse Report for Thu, Sep 25, 1997
Date: 25 Sep 1997 00:00:00 GMT
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Sender: [email protected]
Followup-To: news.admin.net-abuse.misc
Reply-To: [email protected]
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
Newsgroups: news.admin.net-abuse.bulletins
This is an abbreviated report of USENET abuse by current and
ex-America Online members. Inclusion in this report indicates
that as of this date, local action has been or is in the
process of being taken against the poster. This action may 
include
the cancelation of inappropriate articles, written warnings and
account termination where merited.

No further reports about these users are necessary. To report an
instance of USENET abuse which doesn't appear on this report, 
send
mail to [email protected] - please remember to include a complete
copy of the USENET article, including all headers, to help us 
more
quickly respond.

To make an emergency report of abuse, send complete copies of
the abuse to [email protected].

America Online's USENET Terms of Service (acceptable usage 
policies)
are available via anonymous FTP at the site listed below. 
Comments,
suggestions and criticisms regarding the AUP are welcome via e-
mail
to [email protected].

ftp://ftp.aol.com/pub/usenet/aol-usenet-aup.txt.

The users who are listed below have already been reported to 
America
Online for USENET abuse. Due to account privacy concerns, we are
unable to provide details of the specific actions taken.

USER
===================
ahmeddiwan
archimeden
bertslater
bkp2bu
camerom
dbent58550
djwinslow
dotmorriso
ewollmann
excel206
fformsusa
foundforu
green1224
healthgate
hmeis92099
hoovamoon
ibirdyl
inholtra1
jbrancoiii
levilady3
mambo41550
mclsw
nortz16
rjarett
sasuprun
savannahps
shawnmma
ssong44004
starrcrash
tony9596
vadardude
wsnider216
xsterling1
zeus150000

Internet Feedback/Response/Information Team
America Online, Inc.

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expressed above are considered the opinions of the original 
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From: [email protected]
Subject: AOL Abuse Report for Tue, Feb 24, 1998
Date: 24 Feb 1998 00:00:00 GMT
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Followup-To: news.admin.net-abuse.misc
Reply-To: [email protected]
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
Newsgroups: news.admin.net-abuse.bulletins
This is an abbreviated report of USENET abuse by current and
ex-America Online members. Inclusion in this report indicates
that as of this date, local action has been or is in the
process of being taken against the poster. This action may 
include
the cancelation of inappropriate articles, written warnings and
account termination where merited.

No further reports about these users are necessary. To report an
instance of USENET abuse which doesn't appear on this report, 
send
mail to [email protected] - please remember to include a complete
copy of the USENET article, including all headers, to help us 
more
quickly respond.

To make an emergency report of abuse, send complete copies of
the abuse to [email protected].

America Online's USENET Terms of Service (acceptable usage 
policies)
are available via anonymous FTP at the site listed below. 
Comments,
suggestions and criticisms regarding the AUP are welcome via e-
mail
to [email protected].

ftp://ftp.aol.com/pub/usenet/aol-usenet-aup.txt.

The users who are listed below have already been reported to 
America
Online for USENET abuse. Due to account privacy concerns, we are
unable to provide details of the specific actions taken.

USER
===================
altair100
azimech
baskjoe130
careertip
digitalsig
djen648046
ed516
ewollmann1
jdctelecom
mcpriceb3
mfiebich
petphotog1
psxforu
rgut1945
wedoapple
wedomacs
wedopmacs
wllllamsxi

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America Online, Inc.

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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?anonym=99?= <[email protected]>
Subject: SPAM REPORT BI=42 in 30 days Spammer: Edmond H. 
Wollmann <[email protected]>
Date: 12 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
X-Accept-Language: en
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
X-Complaints-To: [email protected]
X-Trace: typhoon-sf.snfc21.pbi.net 931766742 209.79.180.118 
(Mon, 12 Jul 1999 01:05:42 PDT)
Organization: .
MIME-Version: 1.0
NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 01:05:42 PDT
Newsgroups: news.admin.net-
abuse.usenet,alt.astrology,
alt.astrology.metapsych,alt.astrology.marketplace

PLEASE ISSUE CANCELS FOR EMP

Wollmann-SPAM hits the Net again.

Edmond Heinz Wollmann, posting from ATT Worldnet, has engaged in 
another
spree of "Followup-spamming" (following up to different posts,
repeatedly adding the same text). Or as the Skirvin Spam 
Thresholds FAQ
puts it, "articles which consist of inclusions of other user's 
postings,
but are otherwise identical". Mr. Wollmann has a history of 
spamming; he
has lost 6 accounts at AOL, who had to issue hundreds of cancels 
for his
spam, and his spam from Earthlink last November reached a BI 
over 60.

The articles listed here all consist of occasionally:

- a quote in full of another post (with or without headers)

But always:

- the same identical text (a.a.m charter complaint)
- a signature (always the same)

Often only the identical text of the complaint-spam is posted

In addition, all of these posts by Wollmann are complaints re: 
the
alt.astrology.metapsych charter and are Off-Topic in the 
multitude of
newsgroups he posted them in.

This Wollmann SPAM report covers the 30 day period from June 11 
to July
11, 1999

ATT Worldnet: Your client's SPAM is against your AUP. Please deal
appropriately with your user.
Bigfoot.com: Your client's SPAM is against your AUP. Please deal
appropriately with your user.

The Breidbart Index for the SPAM from Mr. Wollmann's ATT Worldnet
account alone was 42.

Message ID's, Deja.com URLS (original usenet/text format), BI 
count and
affected newsgroups are given for reference.

Often the message ID will contain a "bigfoot.com" or other 
munged email
reference but the nntp headers of the articles always show
worldnet.att.net as the originating source.

-----begin sample article-----
BI=4
http://www.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=499927758&fmt=text

From: Edmond Wollmann <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Karma
Date: 11 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
References: <[email protected]> 
<[email protected]>
<[email protected]> <[email protected]> 
<[email protected]>
Followup-To: alt.dev.null
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
X-Complaints-To: [email protected]
X-Trace: bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net 931741169 18487 12.72.11.79 
(12 Jul
1999 00:59:29 GMT)
Organization: Astrological Consulting/Altair Publications SAN 
299-5603
Mime-Version: 1.0
Reply-To: [email protected]
NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Jul 1999 00:59:29 GMT
Newsgroups: alt.astrology,news.admin.net-
abuse.usenet,alt.paranormal,talk.religion.newage

[email protected] wrote:
>
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Edmond Wollmann <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Thank you for your positive contribution, it is truly a fine gift to
> >me:-)
>
> Translation: Thank you for kissing Edie's ass. He truely needs it and
> nobody that knows him would ever do that for him.

Your client continues to post in violation of the
alt.astrology.metapsych charter for years now. Please take 
action.
Thanks

http://www.astroconsulting.com/FAQs/charter.htm
http://www.astroconsulting.com/FAQs/propagan.htm

--
Edmond H. Wollmann P.M.A.F.A.
© 1999 Altair Publications, SAN 299-5603
Astrological Consulting http://www.astroconsulting.com/
Artworks http://www.astroconsulting.com/personal/
http://www.astroconsulting.com/FAQs/tableof.htm

------end sample article------

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BI=2
http://www.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=498338040&fmt=text
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
alt.astrology.metapsych,alt.config

BI=2
http://www.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=498000615&fmt=text
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
alt.astrology,alt.config

BI=1
http://www.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=499006709&fmt=text
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
alt.astrology

BI=4
http://www.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=496092584&fmt=text
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
alt.astrology,alt.astrology.metapsych,sci.astrology.psychology,a
lt.usenet.kooks

BI=4
http://www.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=494861902&fmt=text
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
alt.astrology,alt.astrology.metapsych,sci.astrology.psychology,n
ews.admin.net-abuse.usenet

BI=3
http://www.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=498359334&fmt=text
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
alt.astrology,pbinet.discussion,pbinet.general

BI=3
http://www.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=498364438&fmt=text
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
alt.astrology,pbinet.discussion,pbinet.general

BI=1
http://www.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=498405589&fmt=text
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
news.admin.net-abuse.usenet

BI=4
http://www.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=496090291&fmt=text
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
alt.astrology,alt.astrology.metapsych,sci.astrology.psychology,a
lt.paranormal

BI=2
http://www.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=496335470&fmt=text
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
alt.astrology,news.admin.net-abuse.usenet

BI=3
http://www.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=499970831&fmt=text
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
alt.astrology,news.admin.net-abuse.usenet,alt.supernews

BI=2
http://www.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=499973366&fmt=text
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
alt.astrology,news.admin.net-abuse.usenet

BI=3
http://www.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=488037560&fmt=text
Message-ID: <ucdMyr3s#GA.150@cpmsnbbsa03>
alt.astrology,alt.astrology.metapsych,alt.paranormal

BI=4
http://www.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=499924844&fmt=text
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
alt.astrology,alt.usenet.kooks,alt.paranormal,news.admin.net-
abuse.usenet

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