What is SpamCop's history?

Extracted from the SpamCop FAQ∞:
Note: text in italics is not part of the extracted file, but has been added for clarity and to avoid/reduce wrong assumptions.

SpamCop.net is the premier web-based service for reporting and blocking spam, founded in 1998 by Julian Haight. SpamCop processes over one million spam complaints a day and is supported by hundreds of thousands of users, a knowledgeable volunteer community, and a professional staff. SpamCop streamlines the process of determining the origin of spam emails and reporting them to the relevant Internet service providers. SpamCop offers both free and premium reporting services.

As of June 2003, SpamCop is a wholly-owned subsidiary of IronPort Systems, Inc, the leading email infrastructure products and services company. At this time the reporting and related services were split off from the email service as separate companies, with only the reporting services being sold/transfered to IronPort Systems Inc.

SpamCop's wide range of spam reporting and filtering services aims to eliminate spam at its source.

Spam reporting

SpamCop offers free and premium reporting services to report spam quickly and accurately. SpamCop reporting streamlines the process of determining the origin of spam emails and reporting them to the relevant Internet service providers. In addition to providing direct feedback to Internet service providers, SpamCop reports fuel the SpamCop blocking list.

Filtered email

SpamCop offers full featured email accounts with unlimited spam reporting. Based around easy-to-use webmail, SpamCop email supports advanced features like IMAP and configurable blocking lists. Only $30/year. Note: SpamCop filtered email is NOT a part of IronPort and remains a separate independant company.

DNS-based SpamCop Blocking List

The SpamCop Blocking List offers service providers and other email administrators an automated tool to filter out aggressively spam from an email network. Used with existing email servers, the SpamCop Blocking List is automated and time-based, allowing administrators to quickly and accurately filter reported spam.

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See also:
IronPortPressRelease - (Cisco Announces Agreement to Acquire IronPort- Jan 04, 2007)
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