Fwd: Re: [SpamCop-List] How to deal with virus autoresponders

[James Triplett]

Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 12:29:36 -0500
To: <spamcop-list at news.spamcop.net>
Subject: Re: [SpamCop-List] How to deal with virus autoresponders

> 
> May not be 100% effective, but 85% less BS from them is better than doing
> nothing...though I still feel that, if they have been notified and STILL
> send me auto-reply emails, I should be able to report them asa spam...

Please save spam reports for legitimate spam, rather than using it to reprimand
people who don't run their systems the way you think they should be run.
There are arguments pro and con about when to send bounces, and some
might not agree with your assessment.

If spamcop is filled with reports of legitimate systems that are trying
their best to run their systems right, then the whole system is undermined.

This is akin to a policeman issuing tickets to people wearing beards,
just because he doesn't like beards.  He's using his power to
advance his own personal agenda: it undermines people's sense
of justice.

When I have to explain to one of my users why they can't receive
email from a particular correspondent, I need that sense of justice:  
I must have faith that their correspondent (or at least his/her server) was truly a spammer.

James Triplett
mailsvc.net