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[SpamCop-List] Re: Why will not SC report http://uk.geocities.com/ ?

spamcop spamcop at oitc.com
Mon Aug 22 11:25:43 EDT 2005


On 8/22/05 9:15 AM, in article decj0f$dgc$1 at news.spamcop.net, "I Hate Spam"
<nobody at spamcop.net> wrote:

> 
> "spamcop" <spamcop at oitc.com> wrote in message
> news:BF2F4617.11F25%spamcop at oitc.com...
>> On 8/22/05 8:13 AM, in article decfbe$bbs$1 at news.spamcop.net, "I Hate Spam"
>> <nobody at spamcop.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> "spamcop" <spamcop at oitc.com> wrote in message
>>> news:BF2E292E.11456%spamcop at oitc.com...
>>>> As an example RE:
>>>> http://www.spamcop.net/sc?id=z798388600z0d1c69ce0572e7c70090d5004320ed4bz
>>>> 
>>>> Why will not SC report http://uk.geocities.com/ ?
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> You can also use their webform at http://us.geocities.yahoo.com/v/alert.html
>>> 
>>> 
>> Thanks but you all miss the point
>> 
>> 1) Unlike other spamvertized links (including yahoo ones!) SC seems to
>> ignore geocities
>> 
>> 2) Although SC detects the link it does nothing and is totally silent on its
>> status (did SC report it without telling us or put it in /dev/null?)
>> 
>> If SC is going to tell us what it is doing on other spamvertized links it
>> should also do so for geocities and report them to yahoo just like it does
>> for yahoo and other spamvertized links.
>> 
>> Tom
>> 
> Those questions would be for the deputies to answer.
> However when I have used that web reporting link I gave you, geocities have
> taken the sites down and emailed me to confirm that.
> Regards. 
> 
> 

Well, I hope that is the case for me also. So far I have gotten no response
from them.  I have now started getting geocities spam from 1t.geocities as
well as uk and www

Tom



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