Yes Neil, it is a shame. Is there any known way to opt out of spamcop? I'm sure I could ACL out all SMTP traffic coming from their netspace. Or better yet, set up an IDS rule that emails their upstream provider. If a few of us did this I'm sure the spamcop folks would find a way to make their spam engine a bit more selective. The spamcop complaints that really set me off are the "spamvertised website" complaints. Just the mere fact that you host a site that was advertised by spam enjoins you in the spamcop chain of causation, even if the spam mail did not originate from your network. Since the PDRK is now ready to prove they have nuclear weapons, it's a shame that the wasted spamcop computing resources could not be put to a better use, such as DOS'ing the PDRK's uranium enrichment operation. Regards, Christopher J. Wolff, VP CIO Broadband Laboratories, Inc. http://www.bblabs.com -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of Neil J. McRae Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 11:59 PM To: richard@mandarin.com Cc: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: Open relays and open proxies
SpamCop, for all the criticism it gets, DOES report abused proxies quickly and with great reliability - far more reliably in the case of proxies than, say, the human victims of the abuse. It might pay to set up a special process with Spamcop to get those reports at an unpublished box, and put them through an automated process to spot any with the "proxy" keywords.
Pity that spamcop spams people.