[Catalyst] Maxipoint Spam

Mark Blythe list at markblythe.com
Thu Apr 6 18:32:25 CEST 2006


In case anybody is keeping a tally, I just got the Maxipoint spam on my
PAUSE email as well.

On 4/6/06, Steve Atkins <steve at blighty.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Apr 6, 2006, at 9:03 AM, Bernhard Graf wrote:
>
> > On Thursday 06 April 2006 17:42, Matt S Trout wrote:
> >> Matt S Trout wrote:
> >>>
> >>> <abuse at siriuswebhosting.com>:
> >>> 83.138.166.98 does not like recipient.
> >>> Remote host said: 550 sorry, no mailbox here by that name.
> >>> (#5.7.17) Giving up on 83.138.166.98.
> >>
> >> Reported to siriuswebhosting via their contact form and to nac.net,
> >> who own the IP block.
> >
> > Or simply get a SpamCop account, because SpamCop does all this for
> > you.
> > In addition SpamCop offers an RBL for your MTA (I wouldn't use it, but
> > others do, that's why some providers take SpamCop reports seriously).
>
> Wildly OT at this point, but if you're going to report spam, report
> it manually.
>
> A lot of spamcop reports are frivolous or mistargeted. The accuracy
> of them
> varies depending on the recipient ISP - they're OK for simple DSL
> providers,
> but tend to be quite inaccurate at webhosts or bandwidth providers.
> They're
> also so badly mangled by the spamcop system that they're not usable for
> enforcement. The most ISPs tend to do is to count them.
>
> A single manual report will often be worth dozens of spamcop reports and
> will usually get much more attention.
>
> Cheers,
>    Steve
>
>
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