[SC-Help] Re: Many questionable cases of "Cannot resolve"

[Mike Easter]

J. Merrill wrote:
> What I've done (when I feel inspired to take extra time for a
> particular spam) is to use SpamCop to get a report of the IP
> address that "ping" shows me, then modify the spam message by
> adding something like
>
> *** Spam reporter added:  http://202.102.230.36
> *** because SpamCop could not resolve jkelwi.wise-sol.info
>
> and have SpamCop re-parse the message.

That /seems/ like that should be a very good way to accomplish something
which isn't permitted by the faq;  but it isn't authorized.

Ellen has said that simply 'doing it' ie just changing/modifying the
original spam to enable is a no-no.  Altho' your strategy 'documents'
the change better, I'm sure she isn't going to put her stamp of approval
on anything which isn't permitted by the faq.

> Is that what I should be doing?  How can I know whether or not
> the address that "ping" shows me is really involved?  Is there an
> easy-to-use more-reliable way to get the "official" DNS status
> for a domain?  (If the ISP has already taken the site down, will
> this still count against its spam-friendliness rating?)

My understanding is that modifying the spam in order to facilitate a
notify is a material change which isn't allowed.

Under those rules, a free spamcop reporter would not be able to make
such a notify;  whereas a paid spamcop reporter could do it another way.
The other way would be to add a notify to the spamcop report.  That is,
you would leave the original spam unchanged, you would determine the IP,
you could ask SC to give you the reporting addies for the IP, and then
you would add those reporting addies to the SC report.  You can't add
addies if you are a free reporter.

Re how to find the IP.

Ping isn't as good as some other tools, but it is good enough.  I
usually use SamSpade's console for Win, but it depends on what is 'open'
or available because I also use NetDemon's console for Win.  When I'm
'analyzing' whatall is wrong with a domainname re its nameservice I use
a number of different tools available online at dnsstuff
http://www.dnsstuff.com/  Some people like SamSpade online
http://samspade.org/

-- 
Mike Easter
kibitzer, not SC admin