[SC-Help] Re: Anet TW doesn't care about reports, wondering...

[Mike Easter]

Ilgaz Ocal wrote:
> As any Taiwan company, I figured anet does not care about spam
> reports at all.
>
> Besides sending insultmonger good wishes ;) to them (nope, I don't
> abuse spamcop for it), what can a end user can do about it?
>
> I mean, I want to notify spamcop that their reports are ignored.

>From a SC point of view, ignoring reports and being unresponsive is
almost immaterial, IMO.

That is, being notified is considered [by me] to be a courtesy SC
extends to the provider.  If the provider wanted to, s/he could turn off
all SC notifications and not even be bothered with devnulling them or
ignoring them.

If the issue is a source, the IP is listed whether or not the provider
ignores notifies.  If the issue is a spamvertiser, the IP is 'only' put
on the stats page whether or not the provider ignores notifies.  A SC
notify is like a 'courtesy ticket' in traffic parlance, not like a 'fix
it ticket' which requires that you make repairs and report back or a
'real ticket' which requires that you pay a fine or go to court.

If some issue has an upstream or parent which is of value to notify,
that is an option to the reporter -- manually for free reporters or SC
additional for paid reporters -- and that is about the end of the
'power' of notification.  You might try to build a case for a /better/
notify if there /were/ one in routing, but if there isn't a better
notify then there isn't a better notify.

SC's role is notifying those who want to be notified, listing those
which it lists, and statistic/ing reported spamvertisers.

Other systems, such as spews and spamhaus, have a different listing
impact and system than spamcop's.


-- 
Mike Easter
kibitzer, not SC admin