> When I entered the IP-address of a piece of spam I was
complaining
> about, I got this message:
>
> Parsing input:
> ISP has already taken action against the
account:207.69.200.91,
> 10/26/1999 13:18:27
>
> One would think that the problem was already taken care of,
no? Well,
> not quite, apparently. The message mentions "action" taken a
> 13:18:27--but I got the spam at 22:31 (on the West Coast).
>
Karlo - ???There was just "ONE" IP address to be obtained on
that whole piece of spam??? I usually wind up with 3 to 8 IPs
and/or domains (some fake and some real). Remember too, that
some domains are 'friendly' to spammers/ucers. Spammers pay big
money for those services. Your Spam Reports to those domains in
particular, will NOT go unnoticed, though their response to your
spam report may not be to your liking.
You should report the spam anyway. And report it to the 'abuse
AND the postmaster' addresses of EVERY IP and domain that you
can get from BOTH the message "Properties" AND the message
"BODY".
Do not be concerned with whatever the SpamCop Host Tracker's
"verbage" may be in regards to any particular domain or IP.
Often you'll find that some of the IPs or domains are fake.
That's ok; some are real. Report the spam to the addresses that
you CAN get!
AND - remember your goal! You will NOT put spammers out of
business. Don't expect to hear back from every or even 'many'
postmasters that a spammer's service has been cancelled. Your
GOAL is to get on the "Email List Brokers and Suppliers" lists
of people known to report spam. This can ONLY occur after a few
weeks of reporting spam. Don't concern yourself with the results
of any individual spam report.
Sometimes (rarely) you'll find that 'every' IP and domain on the
spam is fake (according to Host Tracker). That's OK. Just delete
that piece of spam. Your goal IS NOT the successful 'wounding'
of any or every individual spammer. You will actually wound very
few if any. You will simply become a nuisance that the
ListBrokers will become aware of (because you'll become a
'nuisance'). Remember your goal!!! Just report everything you
can and forget about it. Give it a few weeks and you'll see - I
promise.
_-= Alan P. Guy =-_
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Do... or do not. There is no 'try'. - Yoda
