[SC-Help] Re: No longer getting back spam reporting link emails

[Don Wannit]

Michael Fullerton wrote:

> "Mike Easter" <MikeE at ster.invalid> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Michael Fullerton wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>>>>Michael Fullerton wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>>>I am no longer getting back spam reporting link emails.
>>
>>>I switched to a different SMTP server instead of Shaw and all reports
>>>are now coming back. Does that mean SC is blocking Shaw?
>>
>>No.  More likely that shaw was involved in interfering with the
>>circle -- where the circle is that you email a bunch of spam attachments
>>via your shaw provider's server and then SC mails you back the links via
>>your shaw provider.  The circle passes thru' shaw twice.  If there
>>wasn't a bounce caused SC suspension of the reporting account, the most
>>likely problem is related to provider interference with one of the two
>>way traffics.
> 
> 
> Shaw seems to be saying that SC is blocking because there are no
> errors on sending so that means the email was sent out. SC does not
> receive them. If SC did receive them there would be an indication that
> there are unreported links but there isn't. The Shaw tech I talked to
> said one of the Shaw servers is on SORBS but shawmail.cg.shawcable.net
> seems to be pretty clean.


Almost certainly SpamCop does not block or refuse incoming
spam report emails sent to a reporting address, even if the
sending IP is listed on a blocklist.  Almost certainly the
problem here is that the outgoing email is silently dropped
by Shaw, perhaps because it contains detectable spam.

-- 
Don Wannit <edb2000 -at- spamcop.net>
A paid SpamCop user since 1999