On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 21:33:24 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: > On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 19:36:49 -0400 (EDT), Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> Glenn says that when he stopped reporting his spams to spamcop >>> it resulted in his getting spammed less frequently. >> I complain to the ISP. Usually it does some good. >> If not, I have procmail send 'em to /dev/null. > Spamcop sends spam reports directly to the ISP. The advantage > of using the spamcop service is that they will look up the ISP > automatically and they will find the spam-reporting address > where the complaints should be sent. > You say that many ISPs just ignore complaints from spamcop. > Why should they be any more concerned about complaints sent > directly by the spammer's victims? > Also I have complained on some ocassions directly to the ISP. > Oftentimes this will do some good. In the case of all the spams > I get that originate from various servers located in Argentina > I can't do anything about it no matter what I do, despite the > fact that none of these spams are being sent over open relays. > I think the Argentinian ISPs are in cahoots with the spammers. > Maybe spamming is perfectly acceptable and legal in that country. > I wish there were some way I could have all email messages > sent to me from Argentinian ISPs to get bounced before they ever > get sent to my POP3 server. > Sam Heywood To reitterate: When I was regularly reporting spams via "SpamCop" I was getting an average of 3 per day in my inbox. Since stopping the SpamCop reporting. (and simply deleteing the offending SPAM) I now get only about 3 per week. You may draw your own conclusions from this. As for me.... no more SpamCop.<g> My current procedure is "two-fold". 1) delete it 2) forget it -- Glenn http://arachne.cz/ http://freedos-32.sourceforge.net/ http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm
