[SpamCop-List] Re: Can someone clue me in on a few things?

[Pete]

I checked out the FAQ, but to be perfectly honest, I'm not a computer geek
and a lot of it is written in terminology that is foreign to me.


"WazoO" <nobody at spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:c23rvs$orp$1 at news.spamcop.net...
> "Pete" <tc_scv at metacralwer.com> wrote in message
> news:c23q6e$m5s$1 at news.spamcop.net...
> > I apologized if these have been asked a million times, I looked over the
> > newsgroup and couldn't find a prior instance.
>
>   That's really because most of what you're asking exists on the web
page(s)
> found at http://www.spamcop.net   Have you gone there and looked around?
> Not about to state that the FAQ is the greatest, but all but your last can
> be found from the front page.
>
> > 1.  When you are a "mole" for spamcop, what does spamcop do with the
> > reported spam?
> > 2.  If spamcop does something with the reported spam, how does it affect
> us?
> > 3.  I keep seeing something about a "black list".  Is that something
that
> is
> > only usable by network admins?
> > 4.  Which has more effect......using spamcop or manually reporting this
> > stuff on your own?
>
>   Hard to say, but unless you do know what you're doing, SpamCop is
> usally much more accurate and definitly a lot faster than doing it
yourself.
> Actual results are more based on the ISPs involved rather then any
> differences in reporting methods.
>
>