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Date:      Wed, 17 Dec 2003 10:57:46 +0100
From:      Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
To:        Kevin Golding <kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk>
Cc:        FreeBSD Chat <chat@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Good uses for spam
Message-ID:  <p0600200dbc05d8bec8f7@[10.0.1.2]>
In-Reply-To: <9udL4GCXPC4$EwBY@caomhin.demon.co.uk>
References:   <4.3.2.7.2.20031217004209.01961a88@mail.threespace.com> <9udL4GCXPC4$EwBY@caomhin.demon.co.uk>

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At 9:37 AM +0000 2003/12/17, Kevin Golding wrote:

>  <http://www.spamcop.net/>; will both report the spam and use it for
>  building blacklists etc. if you forward it to them.

	SpamCop has a history of frequently mis-interpreting spam 
submissions/complaints as being actual spam itself, with the person 
complaining winding up being considered a spammer, and getting their 
own IP address, domain name, e-mail address, etc... added to various 
blacklists automatically and without redress.

	I would advise anyone considering this path to seriously think 
about this before they take such a risk.

-- 
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
     -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.

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