I am receiving over 200 spam emails perday. Since each usually has a
large file attachment, it is taking forever to access my email. None
of my spam filters seem to stop this stuff. Here is a typical message
header:
Status: 
                   U 
      Return-Path: 
                   <happyacres@microsoft.com> 
         Received: 
                   from mta5.srv.hcvlny.cv.net ([167.206.5.31]) by emu
                   (EarthLink SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 
                   18lyI64cY3NZFnx0 for <kathysteve@earthlink.net>; 
                   Mon, 9 Dec 2002 16:57:18 -0800 (PST) 
         Received: 
                   from asv8.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (asv8.srv.hcvlny.cv.net
                   [167.206.5.47]) by mta5.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (iPlanet
                   Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.05 (built Nov 6
2002))
                   with ESMTP id 
                   <0H6V00MA6P82RU@mta5.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for 
                   kathysteve@earthlink.net; Mon, 09 Dec 2002 19:55:14
                   -0500 (EST) 
         Received: 
                   from mail.optonline.net 
                   (ool-18b995ab.dyn.optonline.net [24.185.149.171])
by
                   asv8.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id
                   gBA0sxT20613 for <kathysteve@earthlink.net>; Mon, 
                   09 Dec 2002 19:55:00 -0500 (EST) 
              Date: 
                   Mon, 09 Dec 2002 19:55:24 +0000 (PM) 
             From: 
                   group16 <happyacres@microsoft.com> 
           Subject: 
                   Fw: Outside Consult Letter 
                To: 
                   kathysteve@earthlink.net 
       Message-ID: 
                   <200212100055.gBA0sxT20613@asv8.srv.hcvlny.cv.net>
     MIME-version: 
                   1.0 
          X-Mailer: 
                   Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 
     Content-type: 
                   multipart/mixed; 
                   boundary="Boundary_(ID_EYfGsezhRNq3BVaI/F7AUw)" 
  X-Mozilla-Status: 
                   8001 
 X-Mozilla-Status2: 
                   00000000 
           X-UIDL: 
                   18lyI64cY3NZFnx0.0

For spam which you don't want to download (means delete on the
mailserver) a program called mailwasher seems to be good:
http://www.mailwasher.net/

The best spam filter in general is popfile, a learning email
classification tool, http://popfile.sourceforge.net/.

Don't you just wish these folks could be outed?

Well, from the header information shown, the culprits are at
optonline.net.

The apparent-From "Group 16" is forged.

Here's what the NetworkSolutions/Verisign WHOIS has to say about this
domain:

Registrant:
CSC Holdings, Inc. (OPTONLINE2-DOM)
   1111 Stewart Ave.
   Bethpage, NY 11714
   US

   Domain Name: OPTONLINE.NET

   Administrative Contact:
      eMedia Administrator  (VTDCADRGXO)		cvdomain@CABLEVISION.COM
      eMedia Administrator
      1111 STEWART AVE
      BETHPAGE, NY 11714-3533
      US
      516-803-3000 fax: - - 516-803-1186
   Technical Contact:
      Hostmaster, OOL  (APTKWSNRPI)		hostmaster@CV.NET
      
      111 New South Road
      Hicksville, NY  11801
      US
      (516)393-3281 (516)390-9439

   Record expires on 08-Oct-2005.
   Record created on 07-Oct-1996.
   Database last updated on 14-Dec-2002 01:04:22 EST.

   Domain servers in listed order:

   NS.CV.NET                    167.206.1.30
   NS.CVNET.COM                 167.206.1.103

I would send email with the quoted headers shown in your post here to:

abuse@optonline.net
abuse@cablevision.net
abuse@cv.net

I wouldn't expect much from the first addressee; I have a gut feeling
this domain was set up for no other purpose than spam bots.  But the
other addresses seem to reflect their domain hosts.  If they fail to
reply within 3 business days, I'd refer the matter to
abuse@earthlink.net, with a recommendation that all email forwarding
from those domains be blocked.

regards, mathtalk-ga