"...this was sometime a paradox"

[rconner]

I just manually reported a malware site to its hosting provider. My report was immediately bounced because the service’s spam filter decided it was spam (logically enough, since it contained the e-mail packet). What makes this a bit amusing is the fact that the spam filter barfed because the hosting service's own URL was listed on URIBL.

In other words, "we reject your report because it contains an evil URL -- namely, our own."

FWIW, the reply appeared in my SpamCop filter, so I will cancel it and will instead give the relevant info in a quote:

spam detection software, running on the system "psa810.hq.widestore.net", has
identified this incoming email as possible spam.  The original message
has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label
similar future email.  If you have any questions, see
[at][at]CONTACT_ADDRESS[at][at] for details.

Content preview:  spam detection software, running on the system
  "psa810.hq.widestore.net", has identified this incoming email as
  possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can
  view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have
  any questions, see [at][at]CONTACT_ADDRESS[at][at] for details. [...] 

Content analysis details:   (13.9 points, 7.0 required)

 pts rule name			  description
---- ---------------------- --------------------------------------------------
 0.0 UNPARSEABLE_RELAY	  Informational: message has unparseable relay lines
 0.0 BAYES_50			   BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 40 to 60%
							[score: 0.5000]
 3.0 URIBL_BLACK			Contains an URL listed in the URIBL blacklist
							[URIs: myc-hoo.com]
 3.8 URIBL_AB_SURBL		 Contains an URL listed in the AB SURBL blocklist
							[URIs: myc-hoo.com]
 4.1 URIBL_JP_SURBL		 Contains an URL listed in the JP SURBL blocklist
							[URIs: myc-hoo.com]
 3.0 URIBL_OB_SURBL		 Contains an URL listed in the OB SURBL blocklist
							[URIs: myc-hoo.com]

-- rick