How do I report spam?

JdS · #1 06-Jun-2003, 08:23

I get very few spam in my mailbox simply because I actively report them. I am almost obsessed by it; meaning I stop everything I am doing and report them first. So far so good...

However, just these past 4 weeks I have been getting spam from this 2 companies in Singapore that are just as relentless as me reporting them. Despite my numerous reports, they keep sending spam.

I usually report all spam I receive to spamcop.net at http://spamcop.net/ but what else can I do?

jrobbio · #2 06-Jun-2003, 08:30

What I do if it comes from a freemail address is get the e-mail header and forward it with the original spam to the host at abuse@hotmail, abuse@yahoo.com, etc etc. Yahoo were very good to me even sending a personal response thanking me for doing everything correctly. Reporting it to an ISP is a good one too since they don't want to be blackmarked. You may have done some of these already, but maybe there's a newsgroup for it too.

Rob

JdS · #3 06-Jun-2003, 08:35

In this time and age, you'd think there would be more tools like the one offered by spamcop.net.

It's easy, I don't have to do anything - just paste the email complete with headers and spamcop deciphers everything for you PLUS sends all the necessary spam reports, from the ISP to the hosting companies if a website is referenced in the email.

I was thinking there were more sites like spamcop. I want to avoid doing any 'leg work' if you know what I mean...

jrobbio · #4 06-Jun-2003, 20:46

Congratulations on your 1000th post by the way JDS.

Have you tried http://www.abuse.net/ it sounds slightly more complicated than spamcop, but you'll just have to see what you think.

A very good link I just found is http://www.rawdc.org/web/spam.html there are loads of options available there as well as this ultimate link: http://spam.abuse.net/userhelp/

I recommend starting with the last link to be hones, it sounds like a worthy link to continually quote.

Rob

JdS · #5 06-Jun-2003, 22:45

Thanks for the links, I am still looking at them.

Wow, 1000 posts, didn't even notice that until just now....

Div · #6 08-Jun-2003, 12:15

You know its really getting bad when you are getting spam for anti-spam software. :-x

JdS · #7 08-Jun-2003, 17:48

Oh... like the irony of a pop-under ad advertising a 'Pop-Up/Under Ad Buster'...

JdS · #8 10-Jun-2003, 04:37

Man... these guys are relentless:

Quote:

Return-path: < webmaster@informaticsgroup.com >
Envelope-to: xxx@example.com
Delivery-date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 05:11:34 -0400
Received: from [61.14.80.70] (helo=external.informaticsgroup.com)
by xxx.example.com with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1)
id 19PfA5-0007t2-00
for xxx@example.com; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 05:11:26 -0400
Subject: Learning without Luggage: Informatics Global Higher Education Creates the
Best Innovative Platform for Executive Learners through Executive Virtual
Campus
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Informatics Global Higher Education
Singapore, 10 June 2003

Learning without Luggage: Informatics Global Higher Education Creates the Best Innovative Platform for Executive Learners through Executive Virtual Campus

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With many learning solutions choices in the market today, not only does a learner get to chooses one that presents time and money savings, one need to understand that every individual has a unique learning style that is suitable for certain medium of learning. Some students are visual learners;
some learn better when they "learn by doing." Web-based learning
environments therefore permit the instructor to build one course, yet implement a variety of resources, so students can utilize materials in whichever way works best for them.
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2. Encourage additional rehearsal time: Additional benefits for those
who "learn by doing" occur when learners participate in online
discussions, as learners are exposed to an extra period of information
rehearsal. When lecturers post discussion questions in the online
portion of a course, learners must attend to and reflect on the subject
matter before responding. This engages learners in an active learning
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2. Remove reliance on physical attendance: Learners can work in groups
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EVC offers interactivity not only through a blended learning solution with face to face contact and scheduled virtual classroom of online lectures, but also through discussion forums, real-time breakout rooms and student services, which will be made available. Currently, EVC is piloting in Singapore and Malaysia and will be commencing in China and Hong Kong.

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For more information, please contact:
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Global Business Unit, Higher Education
Senior Executive, Marketing and Communications
Email: lyeong@informaticsgroup.com postmaster@informaticsgroup.com support@informaticsgroup.com abuse@informaticsgroup.com
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Allowee · #9 17-Jun-2003, 04:49

Quote:

Originally posted by JdS
what else can I do?

I just installed a pop3 proxy with Spamassassin on Linux

it works great.
you can get it from http://mcd.perlmonk.org/pop3proxy/
but you might want to checkout
http://spamassassin.org/where.html as well

and setting up a filter to check 'X-Spam-Flag: YES' will do the rest, for me the mail is placed in the 'SPAM' folder

JdS · #10 17-Jun-2003, 05:26

Thanks for the links and the tips Allowee.

However, I would like to avoid going the 'blocking' route when dealing with spam.

I would prefer to report them. Evil, I know...

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