Does SpamCop Work?
Have you ever felt using
SpamCop to report
spam was a waste of time since it seems that the more
spam I
report the more
spam I seem to get? The answer is that it
DOES make a difference and you are helping to control
spam on the internet.
Consider the following posted by Don D'Minion - SpamCop Admin in the
SpamCopForum as an answer to the following question "For how long should I use SpamCop before I see a significant reduction in
spam that I receive (have not see any change so far)?
Joining
SpamCop is joining the army in the fight against
spam. As in any army, as a soldier, you fight and fight and never see any benefit.
It's highly unlikely that
you will see a reduction in
spam as the result of using our service. By the time you found us, your address was already being passed around on the "Millions of Addresses" CDs the spammers sell each other. The level of
spam will likely get worse from here on out.
The fight against
spam is a long term battle. We get tons of open proxies, open relays, and exploited servers shut down, and we put a lot of spammers out of business, especially novices, but it's very difficult to stop the specific spammers sending
you the
spam.
We feel like there is hope because of the effect the blocking lists are having. We're driving the professional spammers into ever smaller corners of the Internet where they're easier to block.
Service providers around the world are starting to pay a lot more attention to plugging the holes in their systems. Unfortunately, the serious spam networks don't care much about being blocked because they still get their
spam to enough gullible people to keep it profitable.
- Don D'Minion - SpamCop Admin -
Please note that you can personally benefit from using the
SpamCopReporting Service, but you need to personally use the
SpamCopBlockingList (SPBL) to do so. There are many way that can be done. One of the easiest is using a
SpamCopEmailAccount, but is definately not the only way.
Related forum topics (including personal views of SpamCop's effectiveness):
ISP does not wish to receive reports?, a rant about irresponsible (or criminal?) ISP's∞
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