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Regarding SPAM mails apparently directed from our domain

Dear Sir,

On Dec 05 and Dec 19, 1999, SPAM mails that apparently named our domain sent to public. The fact is that our institute, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory of MITI, Japan, a governmental nonprofit research institute, has never and ever involved in such commercial activities.

The path in the header doesn't include our smtp or equivalent mail services nor possible upstream paths. We have blocked any smtp or equivalent mail send requests from outside of our institutes (aist.go.jp). Of course, such user accounts never exist in our members. THE MAILS DELIBERATELY NAMED OUR DOMAIN AND OUR SITES HAVE NOTHING RELATED TO THESE.

Unfortunately, the header has few clue to track the real sender. The user address has never been, will never be used therefore you can safely reject mails from that specific sender.

Regards, Postmaster,
MEL/MITI