[SpamCop-List] Re: Reporting USENET spam?

[NerdRevenge]

"petzl" <petzl at spamcop.net> wrote in message 
news:dcm5uu$rqe$1 at news.spamcop.net...
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> "NerdRevenge" <nobody at spamcop.net> wrote in message 
> news:dclunf$ngu$1 at news.spamcop.net...
>> Is it appropriate to report Usenet spam via spamcop if there is an IP 
>> address?
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>> GB
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> Use SpamCop by all means
> However Newsgroup reporting is not one of SpamCops strengths
> Most postings are anonymous but usually name the posting machine not the 
> posting host
> Most do have an address to report abuse to
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> Once you have found the abuse address you are best advertise this in your 
> group
> such as
> report this spam to
> abuse<AT>whoever.com (do not use the @ as spammers runprograms to scrape 
> email addresses off the internet
> The more that report newsgroup spamming the more effect you become


I did report 23 spams today from the same IP adress in the same newsgroup 
posted within moments of each other. The "Make Millions with PayPal" scam.

Result..No IP listed

There are also others who love to flood some groups with copyrighted news 
stories that have nothing to do with the subject group.
Resut..No IP listed and flooding continues
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> Petzl
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