[SpamCop-List] Re: Question about anti-spam application

[Karl-Josef Ziegler]

Spamcop wrote:

> We'd like to know if we can use query routines to your IP black lists, to
> determine if an IP address is listed or not. We'd be interested to know if
> this kind of usage of your black list (from a software application), through
> Windows API functions, is also OK with the policies of SpamCop (or other
> similar companies).
> 
> Also, please advise what methods of reporting spammers (IP addresses) you
> have, such as pre-formatted e-mail message, or something automatic that we
> could implement in our software application.

Such an applications already exists. Look at:

http://spam-abuse.sourceforge.net/


from the description:

<snip>
Abuse is a simple program which will help you fight back spam.
It will "read" any e-mail header, go on-line and check NICs, open
relay DBs and black-listed IP ranges to discover the address of
the abuse-desk you should write to.

Further it will tell you if the sender's IP address is an open
relay or is blacklisted as a spam source. Simply right click on
a desired e-mail and Abuse will automatically extract headers and
either print the relevant abuse-desks or directly e-mail them a
letter of complaint (LART).
<snip>