[SC-Help] Another rocket scientist

Sat May 20 22:32:29 EDT 2006

Canopus babbled some useless garbage like:
>I went to Preferences an activated Quick Report Data again and everything 
>went back to normal.  It must have taken all of ten minutes altogether.

I guess you don't like to read the full thread.  You just like to read the 
rants.  Please read the part where I stated that I do not have this option 
on my preferences page.

Please read the full thread before you ASSume things.

Below is the full text from my preferences page.  Please in your infinite 
wisdom, show me where it says QUICK REPORT.
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Reporting preferences
Display Name

Normally, SpamCop sends reports identified by a simple number. Here, you can 
personalize your reports with your own name. In either case, SpamCop will 
conceal your real email address and forward any replies to the numerical 
address to you. Your Display Name should be a handle or your real name, not 
an email address.

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Personal copies of outgoing reports

If you wish to receive a copy of every outgoing report, enter your email 
address here. This is a "Bcc" so nobody else will be able to see this 
address. Note that this will create a separate copy for each report even if 
there are multiple reports per spam.

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Public standard report recipients

If you wish others to receive a copy of every spam you submit, enter the 
email address here. Please do not send to any address which is not receptive 
to receiving untargetted spam reports. Note this will create only one copy 
for each spam, even if there are multiple reports per spam.

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Show Technical Details during reporting
Simple output
Show technical data

SpamCop can reveal the logic it uses as it finds the right reporting parties 
for your spam. This can be helpful for advanced users who want to 
double-check SpamCop's logic, or for new users who want to learn from 
SpamCop's example.

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"Are you sure?" Prompts
Prompt me - Ask if you are sure when deleting
No Prompts - I always know what I am doing.

SpamCop uses javascript confirmation boxes to ask if you are sure whenever 
you perform actions which could be destructive. By choosing "no prompts," 
you can override this often-annoying feature.

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Report reply handling
Forward only replies from sentient people
Forward replies from people and robots

SpamCop challenges "administrators" by making them respond to an email to 
determine if they are people or robots. Only human replies which require 
action from you are forwarded to your attention by default.

You may override this behavior if you would rather receive every reply, 
robotic or otherwise.

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Spam Munging
Obscure identifying information
Leave spam copies intact
Become a "mole" - Don't even send reports (mostly pointless)

SpamCop usually tries to obscure (munge) your email address and other 
identifying information from spam reports before they are sent. However, 
some ISPs will not accept this type of report.

If you select munging, SpamCop will not send to ISPs which refuse munged 
reports by default (you will be given a default-off option when using the 
web-interface). If you select intact spam copies, SpamCop will send all 
reports unmodified.

It has become painfully obvious that spammers are able to identify your 
email address by using tracking codes - even after SpamCop's attempts to 
munge them. It has also become plain that even the largest and most 
well-respected ISPs forward complaints intact to the accused.

In response, we now offer the ability to send reports silently. These 
reports are not emailed and are not available to anyone but SpamCop 
administrators and will not be shared (except as aggregate counts).

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3rd party report default
Send by default
Do not send by default

Sometimes, people other than the ISP as identified by SpamCop have an 
interest in seeing copies of SpamCop reports (for example, small downstream 
providers, or users running services on a DSL or cable-modem). SpamCop will 
offer you a checkbox on the web-reporting form when this occurs. Normally, 
this checkbox is default ON, but by changing this option, you can alter the 
behavior of SpamCop so that the default is OFF.

"Canopus" <BNRAGMAOKKXT at spammotel.com> wrote in message 
news:e4mshl$5q5$1 at news.spamcop.net...
> John Piraino on 20/05/2006 wrote:
>
>>Wonderful Rob,
>>
>>Why wasn't this posted on the login page with the rest of the system news? 
>>Then I wouldn't be complaining.
>>
>>If we were NOTIFIED about this, it wouldn't be a concern.  But to create a 
>>bug and hide behind it like nothing happened is bullshit.
>>
>>If you don't like the politically incorrectness of my posts, you surely 
>>would HATE to have a few beers with me.  I'm the first one to admit I'm an 
>>a$$hole and I'm f*ckin proud of it too.
>
> When I first noticed that non of my quick reporting submissions were not 
> generating returns I too went to the main report page and didn't see a 
> notice that anything was wrong so thought it was to do with  recent 
> changes I had made in MailWasher.  Those settings checked out so I went to 
> Recent Reports and noticed the No Reports Filed note against the 
> submissions.  I then went to the spamcop newsgroup and looked for topics 
> with No Reports Filed as subject line in recent days, couldn't find an 
> answer so posted a simple enquiry.  I then looked in spamcop.help and 
> found the answer immediately (should have looked there first).  Then 
> following instructions I went to Preferences an activated Quick Report 
> Data again and everything went back to normal.  It must have taken all of 
> ten minutes altogether.
>
> Sure, they could have put a notice up although their webmaster seemed to 
> have gone on holidays just at the wrong time and maybe no one could do it 
> that was left.  However, I'm still surprised that people were still 
> posting questions on the same thing just above an obvious answer to it. 
> Still, I almost did it as well.  Swearing and cursing and threatening to 
> leave due to the first hiccup for ages in an otherwise smoothly running 
> service doesn't really seem to be the best approach in these 
> circumstances.
>
> -- 
> Rob
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/canopus_archives/ 