>I've read extensive discussions of this subject on other lists, and it >seems that the prevailing wisdom is that 99% of spammers don't care about >bounced emails and simply ignore them. With spam lists of a million or >more addresses, every spam certainly yields thousands of actual bounces. >Why would a spammer bother to take the time (and its expense) to correct >a mailing list. Is it not much more expensive to make the changes than to >simply send their spam freely without regard for the actual number of >true recipients? Jay, I agree 100% in your conclusions here.
>I formerly used Mail Siphon to identify spam while still on the mail >server, and bounce it via Mail Siphon. Having been convinced that it is a >waste of my time, adding insult to my injury by having to deal with spam >in the first place, I now simply delete it and move on. But reporting to Spamcop.net is not a waste of time. I understand there is a script that does help with this. Though I do have given up on a few accounts.
