[SpamCop-List] Re: The message is not spam because......

[Mike Easter]

spamcop wrote:
> Check this reply out. It refers to a submittal which was sent to a
> spam trap in a domain only used for traps! The message is not spam
> because, "This message is intended for those interested in search
> marketing"!

The concept that is going on there is that the marketer 'gets to' send
out their email to any address which is on the list that they [bought,
stole, manufactured, swapped, etc] and it is the 'responsibility' of
anyone who doesn't want /that/ mail to unsubscribe.

Further, since they are clearly spammers, that unsubscribe is /also/ a
lie.  The marketer/spammer idea of what to do with the unsubscribers is
just as inventive as is/was where to get their original mailing list
from.

Unsubscribers make up some /other/ list/s.  If you will just send them
your unsub, they will move you around or rather use that information as
well, perhaps taking you off one list and putting you on 42 more.

Depending upon how cleverly they have performed the initial spam
construction for a unique identity, they may or may not know which
address corresponds to a particular SC report # when they receive a copy
of the spamreport.


-- 
Mike Easter
kibitzer, not SC admin