PositivePrint: Emailing a Spamtrap
PositivePrint, an Internet-based print house, is sending bulk email to a spamtrap via ESP Constant Contact. The spamtrap is a long-closed email address that has not been live for years, and that rejected email for over twelve consecutive months in the interim before being re-enabled. It should not receive any bulk email any longer.
Sending IP: 208.75.123.194
Spam Sample:
Actual Headers:
Received: from ccm34.constantcontact.com (ccm34.constantcontact.com [208.75.123.194])
by <xxx> (Postfix) with ESMTP id <xxx>
for <xxx>; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:xx:xx -0500 (CDT)
Received: from <xxx>.ad.prodcc.net (<xxx>.ad.prodcc.net [10.252.<xxx>.<xxx>])
by <xxx>.constantcontact.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id <xxx>
for <xxx>; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:xx:xx -0400 (EDT)
DKIM-Signature: <xxx>
Message-ID: <<xxx>@scheduler>
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:xx:xx -0400 (EDT)
From: POSITIVEPRINT <support@positiveprint.com>
Reply-To: support@positiveprint.com
To: <xxx>
Subject: Fall Sale from POSITIVEPRINT - Save up to 25%
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
boundary="----=_Part_<xxx>"
X-Mailer: Roving Constant Contact 2009 (http://www.constantcontact.com)
List-Unsubscribe: http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?<xxx>
X-Return-Path-Hint: <xxx>@in.constantcontact.com
X-Roving-ID: <xxx>
X-Lumos-SenderID: <xxx>
X-Roving-CampaignId: <xxx>
X-Roving-StreamId: <xxx>
Readable Email:
From: POSITIVEPRINT <support@positiveprint.com>
To: <spamtrap>
Subject: Fall Sale from POSITIVEPRINT – Save up to 25%
Reply-To: <support@positiveprint.com>
Having trouble viewing this email?
Click here
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?<xxx>
POSITIVEPRINT
Printing That Makes A Difference
Fall Savings
The leaves are falling and so are our prices.
– 25% Off Business Cards (coupon code: pp101bcem)
– 20% Off Letterhead (coupon code: pp101lhem)
– 15% Off Postcards (coupon code: pp101pcem)
– 10% Off Pocket Folders (coupon code: pp101pfem)
Don’t forget to enter for a chance to win an iPad 2!
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POSITIVEPRINT
100 S. Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Phone: 877.665.6577
Fax: 215.592.2090
Email: support@positiveprint.com
www.positiveprint.com
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This email was sent to <xxx> by support@positiveprint.com.
Update Profile/Email Address
http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?<xxx>
Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe(TM)
http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?<xxx>
Privacy Policy:
http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp
Online Marketing by
Constant Contact(R)
www.constantcontact.com
POSITIVEPRINT | 100 Indelpendence Mall West | Philadelphia | PA | 19106
Hi SpamBouncer. Thanks for the heads up on this. We are in the process of investigating this client and will take appropriate action.
-Jeremy Abraham
Constant Contact
Excellent. That’s why I posted it. 🙂 Do us (and yourselves) a favor and report back when your investigation is complete. One thing we really want to see on this blog is a series of actual investigations of spamtrap hits and other spam incidents that will show users how this sort of thing is done.
You and I already know that, of course. I think that those of us who deal with spam issues sometimes forget that the public does not know how spam is actually dealt with in real life. What we find routine (spam complaints, investigations, and resolutions) is a bit mysterious and scary to them. If they learn how this works, it should help encourage more people to complain about spam (especially spam that uses an ESP that they recognize and know is legitimate), and to have realistic expectations about what should be done. 😉
Constant *Contact*, Catherine. They’re good people. Spell their name right, for g’s sake!