[SpamCop-List] Re: Why is my email blocked?

[Miss Betsy]

"Mike Easter" <MikeE at ster.invalid> wrote in message
news:bvhjng$gq4$1 at news.spamcop.net...
<snip>
>
> SpamCop doesn't block (e)mail, it makes a list of spamming IP
addresses and
> your (the)1 (e)mail recipient's provider uses such a list to
block undesirable
> mail.

It usually is the correspondent's mail provider, but not always

>
> The spamcop blocklist is a database of IP addresses which look
like
> 11.222.33.4, not user email addresses which look like
> username at domain.com

Good

>
> A listed IP address has been determined by SpamCop and its
reporters to
> be a source of spam, and it is listed in the database until it
stops
> sourcing (sending) spam.  (Errors can be made in the listings. -
maybe better in the section of what can you do)

>
> If your email (goes out) (uses) an IP address on that list, many
providers will
> block your mail along with the spam they are blocking, and
usually name
> in the blocking report which IP address was so listed.
>
> If you have the necessary information about which IP is blocked,
> sometimes helpful information may be obtained from the spamcop
forum,
> webpages, or newsgroups.  You can also 'look it up' on this
webpage
>
> Am I listed?: You can check the status of any server by entering
its
> address: http://www.spamcop.net/bl.shtml
>

What else can you do?  Errors are sometimes made...  While you are
contacting Spamcop and your ISP to determine what needs to be
corrected, you can use a web based email account (hotmail and yahoo
are two popular ones) to connect with your correspondent by email.

Miss Betsy