[SC-Help] Re: Unstoppable picture spam.

[anon]

"Asterix" <asterix at no_where.net> wrote in message 
news:1hfiaky.nauxirx59bvpN%asterix at no_where.net...
> Mike Easter <MikeE at ster.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Asterix wrote:
>> > Mike Easter
>> >> Asterix wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Please tell me how to report spam without opening it (and make sure
>> >>> it's spam.
>>

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>>
>> No, you asked "and make sure it's spam" in addition to not saying what
>> method you were using to report.
>
> The last part was my mistake - I use the web form exclusively.
> However, I feel you *should* have seen what I meant - i'll try to
> rephrase it:
> "How do I report spam without opening it - being sure it is really spam
> I'm reporting?"
>

I think there is semantics problem here.

"Be sure it is spam" - by definition spam is unsolicited mail (mail you did 
not request) - the definition does not say anything about content (therefore 
you do not have to read the spam to see what it says.)

Either you requested the mail or you did not request the mail - unrequested 
= unsolicited =  spam. Mail from your friends is always "requested" mail.

-- 
A SpamCop user and forum reader,
Not Admin



>> > And you don't say *why* you discourage opening
>> > spam, though I think I have an idea.
>>
>> I think I'll go into that on Nigel's post instead of here.
>
> As far as I can tell you didn't. You just repeat  *what* you don't
> recommend - not *why*. As if spam inspection was some kind of black
> magic that only you can master.
> And you didn't tell Nigel that the site http://www.thestocktongroup.com/
> is alive and kicking (maybe it wasn't yesterday) whether Spamcop
> resolves the link or not. Actually it does today - to my surprise.
>
> I thought it might be on a "bulletproof" domain that block DNS queries
> from SC. Sometimes I get the feeling that some spamvertized sites are
> not online - or even in DNS - until a day or two *after* the spam is
> sent. Quite an elabotate scheme to dodge reports.
>
> -- 
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> to those whom I don't mind billing by the hour