> > On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 07:04:39PM -0700, John Rudd wrote: > > > > On Sep 7, 2005, at 6:23 PM, Michele Neylon:: Blacknight.ie wrote: > > > > >Greg Allen wrote: > > >>Spamcop users are idiots too. When you have end users pushing > > >>the 'this is spam' button when they get an email that they > > >>don't like from their own friends or family, well... you get Spamcop. > > > > > >That's a lovely generalisation and bears little relation to reality. > > > > From where I stand, he's right on the mark. Spamcop is run by morons, > > To insult other system administrators will not help to build a better > society. I have recently received mail from Spamcop to inform me that > spam was sent from a mail server inside our network. On further > investigation we discovered that one of the servers inside our network > for which our mail gateway relay email, was poorly setup as an open > relay and this server had indeed been used by spammers to send out > some 20000+ emails per day for a day or three. > > So I am grateful to Spamcop helping us to identify a problem that > could cause us serious problems if it went on undetected. >
Spamcop has also helped us find leaks in our system from time to time. I imagine that being in the business of curtailing spam also includes identifying sources and giving the sys admins a chance to rectify problems before listing them. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank DeChellis Internet Access Worldwide 3 East Main Street Welland, Ontario, Canada L3B 3W4 905-714-1400 fax 905-732-0524 www.iaw.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------
