[SpamCop-List] Re: Nanae on SpamCop

[Larry Kilgallen]

In article <hspk5v89i5cukn9mg1qbea9hg1mslkefgh at 4ax.com>, John Phillips <jhphillips180 at hotmail.com> writes:

> I assume that SpamCop began fundamentally as a reporting utility and
> that the block list came later as a spam countermeasure. I am not sure
> that it was considered a courtesy originally  but as an anti-spam
> tactic to get the abuse desks to shut down the spammers. What is wrong
> with these roots?

It does not work.  See the parade of people who come here complaining
about their IP address being listed when their ISP has done nothing
to stop the spam.