AutoMarke, a web-based retailer of automotive accessories for Russian customers, sent an advertising email to a spamtrap that, if it ever existed (which is doubtful), was closed in 2002. As best I know, this spamtrap has never heard from AutoMarke before. The ESP is Sendgrid, whose authorized use policy explicitly requires that bulk email sent through their service be opt-in only.
Although the senders of this spam are Russian and therefore not under the jurisdiction of either American or European Union anti-spam laws, Sendgrid is an American company. The email that it sends must (as I understand the law) meet the extremely lax criteria of the rightly named U.S. CAN-SPAM law, which requires that bulk email contain a postal address and an opt-out web link or other opt-out instructions. This spam lacked either of these things. The spam was also sent to an MX server in the European Union, which requires an opt-out link and also has much stricter data privacy laws and generally requires that email sent to personal email addresses be opt-in.
Since Sendgrid is a good ESP that does not tolerate spam, I expect that they will explain these facts to their customer. :-) However, many readers of this blog are not necessarily familiar with the laws regarding bulk email in various parts of the world, so I thought that I would mention them here.
Sending IP: 50.31.52.82
Spam Sample:
Actual Headers:
Received: from o1.email.automarke.ru (o1.email.automarke.ru [50.31.52.82]) by <xxx> (Postfix) with SMTP id <xxx> for <xxx>; Sun, 3 Jun 2012 16:xx:xx +0000 (UT) DKIM-Signature: <xxx> Received: by 10.41.xx.xx with SMTP id <xxx> Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:xx:xx +0000 (UTC) Received: from 127.0.0.1 (unknown [mi13]) by mi13.sendgrid.net (SG) with ESMTP id <xxx> for <xxx>; Sun, 03 Jun 2012 11:xx:xx -0500 (CST) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="<xxx>" MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Avto Marke <info@avtomarke.ru> To: <xxx> Reply-To: info@avtomarke.ru Subject: =?UTF-8?B?0KLQvtCy0LDRgNGLINC00LvRjyDQsA==?= =?UTF-8?B?0LLRgtC+0LvRjtCx0LjRgtC10Ls=?= =?UTF-8?B?0LXQuQ==?= Message-ID: <xxx> Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:xx:xx +0000 (UTC) X-Sendgrid-EID: <xxx> X-Sendgrid-ID: <xxx>
Readable Email:
From: Avto Marke <info@avtomarke.ru>
To: <spamtrap>
Subject: ?????? ??? ?????????????
Reply-To: info@avtomarke.ru
?????? ???? ???????????? ????????, ???????? ? ??????????? ????????????? ?????!
http://www.avtomarke.ru
??????, ?????????? ? ?????????? ????????? ??? ????????????? ?? ??????????? ????????? ??????? ??????? ? ??? ??? ?????? ??:
http://www.avtomarke.ru
BMW, Ferrari, Porsche, Toyota, Subarau, Mitsubishi, Mercedes-Benz.
???????? ?? ???? ??????? ??!
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English Translation:
From: Auto Market <info@avtomarke.ru>
To: <spamtrap>
Subject: Products for motorists
Reply-To: info@avtomarke.ru
Supplies for seven famous German, Japanese, and Italian brands of automobiles!
http://www.avtomarke.ru
Clothing, accessories and souvenirs for motorists from the official collections of international brands ? all just arrived:
http://www.avtomarke.ru
BMW, Ferrari, Porsche, Toyota, Subarau, Mitsubishi, Mercedes-Benz.
Shipping to all regions of the Russian Federation!
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