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

[Mike Easter]

Michael Brennan wrote:
> dwayne wrote:
> <snip>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> And, if you never give out your new e-mail address or use it and it
>> just gets fuller and fuller of spam... then ????
>>
> <snip>
>
> Interesting......did you try opening a new account with a long
> alphanumeric username?  One very unlikely to be in a dictionary of
> usernames?

The 'science' of creating a unique username or password by 'hand' is so
complicated that numerous treatises have been written on it.  Long won't
get it.  Just saying 'unlikely to be in a dictionary' doesn't make it
so.

One would either have to use a random password generator, which makes
something really ugly, or some 'sophisticated' diceware type strategy so
as to smush together some randomish words.

> Because if you got spam *then*......I would be looking directly at
> Cox.



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Mike Easter
kibitzer, not SC admin