[Scspamcop] Re: cox now blocking reports to spamcop (labelling them as spam)

[jg]

On 5/9/2007 10:16 PM dwayne opined:

> "jg" <jg at coks.nope> wrote in message news:f1tuhd$uro$1 at news.spamcop.net...
> 
>> I'm not here to stand up for cox in any fashion, but the fact that you
>> get a lot of
>> spam has nothing to do with cox unless it comes from a cox source,
>> unless you expect
>> them to reject the spam in the SMTP exchange, which ain't gonna happen
>> too soon.
> 
> I understand your point, but when one opens a *brand new* account with Cox 
> and the day they assign an e-mail account to you there are over eighty (80) 
> spam message in the account... then I see a problem.

if thats the same day, then I'd have walked, not looked back, assuming
clean address...

> 
> And, if you never give out your new e-mail address or use it and it just 
> gets fuller and fuller of spam... then ????

sounds like your "new" address was already out - something I've not
heard of but probly
possible - like jsmith at cox dot net -


> 
> I have mail with my business ISP and they provide a number of tools 
> (including white/black-list, heuristics, etc.) for combatting spam.  I find 
> that the defenses they provide often causes legitimate mail to get eaten 
> while the handful of spam still slips through.

disconnect business ISP & problem cox...?

> 
> But my issue with Cox is that they don't provide any tools at the server 
> level... so I have to rely on client-side tools like SpamPal and others to 
> deal with what comes through.

Like what tools do you refer?

> 
> Anyway, not to start a fight... just to clarify where I was coming from.
> 
> 

thats ok - I've got issues as well - just trying to separate chaff from
wheat here...