>I hate spamcop for this reason.
>
>One of our clients had an enemy who was on purpose spamming people from
>a yahoo address with his URL in the e-mail.
I've heard this rumor before, but it just doesn't make any sense.
The SPAMCOP test checks an *IP* address to see if it is listed in the
Spamcop database. You can't look up a URL or domain name or host name. It
just ain't possible.
Spamcop does (sometimes/always) send a notice to the web site provider, but
I have never seen a case where a web site was every actually listed by Spamcop.
What you experienced was very similar to a "Joe Job" -- someone sending out
spam using your return address. There's nothing you can do about it;
you're going to get some complaints even though you had nothing to do with it.
The problem is that Spamcop has to either always report the URLs it
discovers, or never report them. If they take the time to listen to your
complain (a legitimate one), they'll also have to take the time to listen
to a lot of bozos out there who are helping spammers. Then, Spamcop would
definitely have to start charging for their test.
-Scott
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