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VerticalResponse Spam

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This company VerticalResponse Inc doesn't care about spam abuse and will keep blasting you with unwanted mail while ignoring abuse complaints. I suggest you nullroute their network.

NetRange:       74.116.88.0 - 74.116.91.255
CIDR:           74.116.88.0/22
NetName:        VERTICALRESPONSE

They also spam you out of this range too:

NetRange:       216.55.172.0 - 216.55.175.255
CIDR:           216.55.172.0/22
NetName:        MEGA-9
NetHandle:      NET-216-55-172-0-1
Parent:         NET216 (NET-216-0-0-0-0)
NetType:        Direct Allocation
OriginAS:       AS30447
Organization:   InternetNamesForBusiness.com (INFB)

NetRange:       209.235.128.0 - 209.235.159.255
CIDR:           209.235.128.0/19
NetName:        MEGA-6
NetHandle:      NET-209-235-128-0-1
Parent:         NET209 (NET-209-0-0-0-0)
NetType:        Direct Allocation
OriginAS:
Organization:   InternetNamesForBusiness.com (INFB)
RegDate:        2006-09-28
Updated:        2012-02-24
Ref:            https://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-209-235-128-0-1

So nullroute 74.116.88.0/22, 216.55.172.0/22 and 209.235.128.0/19 to protect your e-mail inboxes from VerticalResponse spam.

Also if you forward the spam they send you to their abuse system, it rejects it because it has "spam like characteristics":

  [email protected]
    SMTP error from remote mail server after end of data:
    host mx1.megamailservers.com [209.235.142.11]:
    550 5.7.1 w6GJWVT5024637 This message has been blocked for containing SPAM-like characteristics.

The irony...