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

[Robert Blair]

On Thu, 10 May 2007 10:47:36 UTC, "Miss Betsy" <devnull at spamcop.net> 
wrote:

> IMHO, any spam defenses on the receiving end except blocking at the server 
> level are time consuming and prone to error - destroying legitimate email 
> and letting spam in.  The sender is the only one in control of whether spam 
> is being sent or not and the sender should be responsible for choosing a 
> competent email service provider.

Saying that the sender has control is not reality.  In some countries 
they do not have much control.

Then again when the sender is a spammer they steal control and do not 
have a problem.


>  The receiver should not have any spam 
> allowed in the inbox and any suspect spam (based on IP address, not content) 
> should be returned to the sender to let them figure out how to get it sent.

Not the answer.  Some (most) users would not have a clue on what to do
after they get their email returned.


> Most competent ISPs can prevent spam from leaving their mail servers.

IMHO "competent ISPs" is an oxymoron.

Yes they can stop spam from leaving their mail servers but that leaves
thousands of compromised computers spewing spam.


> Any 
> mistakes would be a whole lot less time consuming than the present system. 
> (well, maybe not at first when consumers would be fighting Cox and Comcast, 
> etc. but once that was over)

I want all "good" email to show up in my inbox.  I have not found any 
program that will do that reliably.  So I only use a service provider 
that will let all email through to my inbox.  Once on my computer I 
can sort the spam and know that nothing has gone missing.


-- 
Robert Blair