[SpamCop-List] Re: Spamcop not recognizing mailing list footer of netfilter-ha

[Martijn Lievaart]

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 06:00:06 -0800, Mike Easter wrote:

> Martijn Lievaart wrote:
> www.spamcop.net/sc?id=z731532313z3809d21f21417a0edee1d47edfa2bd9fz
>>
>> I get a lot of spam sent through this mailinglist, somehow the
>> address of this list made it onto some millions cd, or something.
> 
> You shouldn't be reporting mailing list spam with spamcop;  there's a
> rule http://www.spamcop.net/fom-serve/cache/14.html On what type of
> email should I (not) use SpamCop? -- Spam sent to mailing lists

Is this new? I use spamcop now for years, and I've always reported
mailinglistspam.

> Altho' this particular one doesn't make the list addy the source,
> sometimes they do.  In any case, mailing list spam is supposed to be
> dealt with other ways and not spamcop reported..

In that case the list is broken and they get what they deserver imo.

>> Normally, spamcop can detect mailinglist footers and remove them form
>> the html parsing. This footer is not recognized.
> 
> No, that isn't true.  Typically SC can't tell one type of contained link
> from another.

I'm darn sure spamcop recognizes some mailinglist footers.

> spamcop reportable spam in the first place.  Secondly, it is the
> responsibility of the reporter to uncheck innocent bystanders.

Absolutely.

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