OT : Yahoo are the new AOL?

I run a little app called Fail2Ban on my server.

It monitors intrusion attempts, things like multiple incorrect log-ins,
etc, and then bans the IP they are coming from for a period and sending
me an email with the details.

I've had a few of them from machines in Yahoos IP range recently.

Forwarded the email to the abuse email addy provided by nslookup.

I've had two replys now from complete fuckwits who simply cannot
understand.

I even explained in "I'm speaking to a 9 year old" language in the
second email and got the reply quoted below.

So, anyone got an email addy of someone with more than 5 brain cells or
do I simply permanently block all of Yahoo?


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Dear Richard,

Thank you for writing to Yahoo! Domains.

At this time, it is unclear what assistance you are seeking. In order
for us to better assist you, we will need some additional information.
Please reply to this email with the full details of what you are
experiencing--the more information we have, the better we will be able
to investigate this issue.

If you are reporting an abusive domain, please also include the exact
location of the Yahoo! Domains homepage and any specific file names or
HTML pages (ex. http://www.name_of_domain.com).

If you are reporting an unwanted (spam) message from a specific account,
we ask that you include the full headers, unedited message body, and
subject line for the message in question.

We ask that you include the requested information in the body of your
email response, and do not send attachments as we are unable to open
them.

Thank you again for contacting Yahoo! Domains.

Regards,

Josephine Potter

Yahoo! Customer Care

72745023




Original Message Follows:
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Dear Hermes,

Sorry, you misunderstand my abuse report.

A computer that uses an IP address that is part of the address space
Yahoo administers (i.e. it is connected to the Yahoo network / using a
Yahoo ISP) is infected with a virus / bot and is trying to spread to
other computers on the internet.

My server (nothing to do with Yahoo) was probed by this infected PC. My
server detected this attempted hacking attempt and produced an automated

report with the details that are below.

If this is not clear, please forward this email to your supervisor.


Yours,

Richard Wood
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What; again?