On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 02:42:11 +0100, Bart Buitinga wrote: > Recently I've been forwarding a lot of spam to an org called Spamcop > http://www.spamcop.net which is supposed to blacklist senders. You can get > a free account there, and either forward spam by mail or paste it in a > webform. Does anyone have an opinion on this?
> Bart Buitinga Yes, I have an opinion. Spamcop sux. The blacklisting of spammers doesn't do any good. The spammers will just use another forged email address and another fake domain name when they send out their next batch of mass-mailings. The only thing I know of which would be effective at stopping spam would be the tracing of the IP number from which the spam originates and then blacklisting the domains which are known to harbor spammers. Some ISPs have blacklisted and have refused to forward all emails bearing a yahoo or a hotmail return address and emails which have been sent through the servers belonging to those offending services. That works. Spamcop used to be easy to use, but now it no longer works with Arachne. At least it no longer worked with Arachne the last time I tried it. Although spamcop used to be easy to use, the service failed to help rid me of my spam. Many people have reported that they even got more spam after they started using spamcop. Maybe the folks at spamcop have been infiltrated by the spammers and the spammers are getting even with the people who report spam. Sam Heywood -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/
