I have been a customer of Spamcop for years now. I pay for a filtered account with them, and I think it's well worth it. Spamcop is not a "little" site, and they've been online since at least 1997 (possibly longer).

Spamcop only block IP addresses. If an IP address is reported as spamming, it goes into the database, and if no more complaints come from it, it eventually gets removed. I'm not entirely sure the technicalities of it, but I suggest that you go to the Spamcop site and read up on their FAQs if you'd like to know the details.

Spamcop's list of IPs known to have been sending spam is free for any ISP to use, and some do so quite irresponsibly. They just filter without allowing people a chance to see what's being rejected, and that necessarily includes a number of "false positives" because no system if perfect.

I really suggest that you learn more about Spamcop, who they are, and how they operate before you throw around words like "fascist" and bringing Nazis into it. It's a worthwhile and valuable service, and without their services, I'd be drowning in the hundreds of spam messages I receive every day. Thousands of other people also use their service and millions of spam messages are reported to the originating ISP because of Spamcop.

bonni

Message edited on: 09/11/2004 21:07

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