Bill Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >However I think when spam is >reported the BellSouth folks will attempt to track down the originator, >as well as notifying relay systems of what is happening. I did this for a >while when I first got on the 'Net, but it took =way= too much of my time.
I don't know for certain whether BellSouth's Abuse folks will do all that or not, but if I had to guess I'd say they wouldn't. After all, if it takes *you* too much time to track down the appropriate administrators to send abuse reports for the spam you alone receive, can you imagine how long it would take the Abuse folks to do that for all their customers? I'm not saying you shouldn't report the spam. I'm just wondering if reporting it to your own Abuse staff is going to have the effect you imagined. However, your reports will help BellSouth customize their spam filters and reduce the spam received by those members who opted to use the spam filters, so your reports *are* benefiting someone. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
