[SC-Help] Re: Spamvertised websites not being reported

[Berny]

"Blammo" <nttp.sc.sh at bigsleep.org> wrote in message
news:Xns963715D2DC69blammo at 216.154.195.61...
> On 12 Apr 2005 Mike Easter entered spamcop.help and left
> news:d3gp1k$tg2$1 at news.spamcop.net:
>
>SNIP
> > My opinion is that SC prioritizes source naming above spamvertiser
> > notification;  since its spamvertiser notification has no teeth and its
> > SCbl is an important function.
> >
>
> I think you may be right about that, but I wish it would say something.
> If one notices this, they are puzzled; if there were an error message,
more
> people may notice and be fustrated. I'm not sure which is worse.

I'm not so sure that spamvertizer notification has no teeth, given the
lengths to which obfuscation, query blocking/delays, revolving servers etc.
are carried out.

In terms of SC's goal of blocking sources, spamvertizers are meaningless.
However, getting a site named in the stat's window, and in some cases a LART
sent to the hoster seems to worry the spammers a great deal.

Various block lists harvest names from the stats window, and these are used
in various ways.  Some ISP's/corporations simply block the relevant .IP or
domain at the router, or with a wider netblock block such as a /24.
SpamAssassin/Sendmail apparently in one of their modes of operation can
check and reject if these linlks or any particular text are in a mail. So
the presence of that particular string of chartacters in the stats window is
worthwhile and annoying to spammers.

Anything that annoys a spammer is a worthy.activity.