[SpamCop-List] Re: Blocked Emails

[Joe]

Thanks Mike and Miss Betsy,

I have forwarded your comments on to Bigpond, along with quite a bit of
other correspondence. I have also written to the 'Deputies' to see what if
anything they can do.

I have received a reply from bl at admin.spamcop.net and they are most helpful,
that too has been forwarded to Bigpond.

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Regards
Joe
Tasmania
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"Miss Betsy" <nobody at spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:c99v9u$a9c$1 at news.spamcop.net...
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> "Joe" <jogor at bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
> news:c99tq9$8qe$1 at news.spamcop.net...
> > Mike, simply because I don't know.
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> > I am on ADSL while the accounts that we send from are Dial up
> Business
> > accounts.
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> > Would you mean something like this
> > http://www.spamcop.net/bl.shtml?144.135.25.160 That was taken by
> from one of
> > the rejection notices and was user at iinet.net.au
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> > If not, from where can I obtain the information that you ask?
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> From the link that was in your post:
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> 144.135.25.160
> Causes of listing
> System has sent mail to SpamCop spam traps in the past week (spam
> traps are secret, no reports or evidence are provided by SpamCop)
> SpamCop users have reported system as a source of spam about 100
> times in the past week
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> From the link that was in your post:
> Misdirected automatic email: Due to the rise in forged email (spam
> and viruses), most automatic email is misdirected. This leads to
> blocking of the sending (replying) system responsible. Often
> systems sending these misdirected emails are also used for
> legitimate, non-spam email. Vacation messages, auto-responses,
> challenge-response systems and virus-notification messages are some
> examples of the type of email which can fall victim to this sort of
> problem. These automatic emails should be disabled to avoid this
> problem. They are unsolicited and unwanted in most cases. More
> details..
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> Microsoft Exchange: servers are often used by spammers looking for
> security holes, incorrect configuration and/or weak passwords.
> Today, the holes found by spammers are much more subtle than the
> traditional "open relay." More details..
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> I don't know whether the spamcop user reports result from this
> misconfiguration or because there really is spam.
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> For reports to spam traps, the only way to find out what kind of
> email is being sent to the spamtrap is to email the deputies.
> (deputies <at> spamcop.net)  They can tell you what kind of emails
> are being sent (and whether they are automatic virus notifications
> or an exploited machine).
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> Although large corporations often seem impervious to customer
> dissatisfaction, sometimes if there are enough complaints
> (particularly as a group), they do make changes.  Sometimes one
> persistent person can find a way that their email is handled
> responsibly by the otherwise irresponsible corporation.
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> The alternate is to use them for connectivity and use some other
> web email service or to learn how to use a server responsibly
> yourself.
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