On 19 May 2003 09:11:24 +0100
Tony Gale <gale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-05-18 at 04:47, Jeffrey E. Hundstad wrote:
> > I use http://spamcop.net/ This automates the procedure of mailing
> > to the offender and their service providers. Plus it's a double
> > blind mailing. There is a free reporting only facility. That's the
> > one to use.
> >
>
> Spamcop is useless, don't use it. It just gives people a warm feeling
> when all it does is make the problem worse.
>
> I am the registered owner of a large amount of IP address space and
> receive regular 'complaints' from Spamcop. I've *never* had a correct
> complaint yet. Until Spamcop learn to trace SMTP headers correctly,
> they are an Internet nuisance and should be abolished.
>
I have heard exactly the same complaint from a significant number of
corporate mail admins. Spamcop seem to do too much by automation.
The following are low-risk recommends, they cover different aspects:
ORDB http://www.ordb.org/
DSBL http://dsbl.org/main
Wirehub http://basic.wirehub.nl/blackholes.html
Biltzed http://opm.blitzed.org/
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