Howdy Marck and the other Ladies and Gents on this list,
Monday, May 6, 2002, 7:02:17 AM,
you wrote:
> Even more effective than that: Selective download filters! They
> automate the process of eliminating spam without downloading any more
> that the header.
> Personally, I download the spam and forward it to SpamCop.
I present a plea to everyone not to use the services of 'SpamCop'
and/or any other of these 'vigilante' anti-spam sites. Most of these
'services' are a classical case of 'the cure being worse than the
disease'.
What happens with many of these anti-spam services is that they will
block the entire IP range from that server. So, a spammer is utilizing
'xyz.com' to send unsolicited EMail messages - and he is just one of
100 subscribers to xyz, the other 99 being legitimate
personal/business users. Once someone complains to one of the
anti-spam sites, all users of xyz.com (identified by IP address) will
be blocked as originators of spam. So, 99 legitimate subscribers are
blocked due to the actions of one spam operation. And, by the time
the anti-spam operation is reported, he/she has moved on anyway, but
the existing users are still blocked.
I speak from experience. A former ISP subscribed to one of these
'anti-spam' services, and did not allow individual users to configure
the settings. MANY EMail messages from colleagues and potential
customers were 'bounced' with a message stating that they had been
'black-listed'. Guess how many customers returned to my site?? I
sought out, and subscribed to, a service that promised not to
implement any spam filtering.
Define your own spam filters, delete the messages, and move on. Life
is too short to worry about it. Sure spam is obnoxious, but the
'cure' offered by many of these sites is much worse.
With a tip of the hat,
GJim c):{-
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