Comcast.net used to show up frequently as the origin of spam
I received. Now I seldom see them or other big ISPs as the
spam origin anymore. How did that change happen? By RBLs
putting pressure on the ISPs to tighten up their sloppy
practices which amounted to a pro-spam stance. Sure, there
is collateral damage in the spam war, but often that's what
it takes for customers to complain loudly to their ISP, who
in turn get motivated to shape up.
When SpamCop puts a new IP on their RBL, it expires
automatically in 24 hours, unless new spam is received from
that IP. It takes a lot more than a few spam reports to get
an IP listed.
I don't equate spamming to free speech. It's more like
stealing resources that don't belong to the spammer.
Admins of mail servers report that up to 85% of their mail
volume is spam. Make no mistake, there is a big cost
associated with processing spam.
Gary VanderMolen
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> My cable ISP does not yet the whole ip range used by them was shut
> down solely on the basis of what some one reported to Spam Cop. All
> it takes is a couple of idiots that subscribed to something &
> forgetting that they had that turn around & report to SpamCop & the
> whole branch is toast. While individuals IPs are dynamic I can still
> send out mass mailings & the ISPs servers have fixed IP addresses
> therefore it's easy for it to appear in some RBL. What gets me is
> SpamCop knows the exact IP addy of the reported violators but instead
> of discussing it like adults with the ISP they just report the ISPs
> static IP address to an RBL
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