Gort Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 The first screen after logon has: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forward your spam to: submit.________________@spam.spamcop.net or: Paste entire spam (headers, blank line, body) - or - single address (one line only): ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. What is the danger in forwarding the spam to submit.________________@spam.spamcop.net without doing anything else? 2. Same question for paste entire spam (headers, blank line, body)? 3. What is single address (one line only)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobiBue Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 1. just "forwarding" the spam to the reporting email address will do nothing if the spam is not forwarded as "attachment" including headers. a) if spam is forwarded as attachment including headers and body and the spam message is less than 50kB then you will receive an email from SC with the link to parse and report the spam. b) if spam is >50kB then, from my memory and experience, the spam will not parse due to message being too large. well, when I say "will do nothing" is a bit false. You will get an email saying that there is nothing to do or that the spam message was not found. 2. pasting the entire spam (headers, blank line, body) if the size is larger than 50 kB (kiloByte) will return an error that the size is too large. a) delete portion of the spam body to get it < 50kB b) if spam is less than 50kB then if the [√] Show technical details is checked, you will receive a nice new screen with all the parsing goodies and submit the spam to the necessary authorities. 3. single address is either a) an IP address 142.250.72.164 b) a website: www.google.com c) or an email address spammer@gmail.com the result of the parse is only informative letting you know where to report or who to contact with regard of the input you entered. I use it occasionally. i.e. a) example Parsing input: 142.250.72.164 Routing details for 142.250.72.164 [refresh/show] Cached whois for 142.250.72.164 : network-abuse@google.com Using best contacts abuse@google.com Statistics: 142.250.72.164 not listed in bl.spamcop.net More Information. 142.250.72.164 not listed in cbl.abuseat.org 142.250.72.164 not listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net Reporting addresses: abuse@google.com nothing is reported. it just lets you know the details of the address you entered. c) example: Parsing input: spammer@gmail.com 142.251.2.26 is an MX ( 5 ) for gmail.com Routing details for 142.251.2.26 [refresh/show] Cached whois for 142.251.2.26 : network-abuse@google.com Using best contacts abuse@google.com Statistics: 142.251.2.26 not listed in bl.spamcop.net More Information. 142.251.2.26 not listed in cbl.abuseat.org 142.251.2.26 not listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net Reporting addresses: abuse@google.com Hope this info helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninth Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Handy help link for reporting https://www.spamcop.net/help.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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