[SpamCop-List] Re: Mail Daemon Spam - what is it?

[Miss Betsy]

"Marjolein Katsma" <nobody at spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:Xns94A0F12FA6404homesitehelp at 216.154.195.61...
> Miss Betsy (nobody at spamcop.net) wrote in news:c2324p$tbr$1
> @news.spamcop.net:
>
> > The problem with the bounced spam is the same one as the one
with
> > viruses.  Yes, they are unsolicited; yes, they are probably
bulk; yes,
> > they are unwanted by almost everyone.  And they fit the
definition of
> > spam.
>
> No, that's not the problem we're talking about.
>
> We're talking about *real* spams, peddling pirated software, for
> instance; but with only *headers* deliberately made to look as if
it's a
> bounce. A reader of the mail would see an ad for cheap software -
but
> SpamCop sees a bounce and refuses parse (let alone report) it.
>
> Bounces from viruses are a problem; but those _are_ bounces and
that's
> not what we're discussing in this and anotehr thread.
>

So they don't even look like bounces?  except when spamcop parses
them?

Miss Betsy