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

[N. Miller]

On Thu, 10 May 2007 19:14:41 -0400, Miss Betsy from SpamCop wrote:

> "N. Miller" <nobody at spamcop.net> wrote in message 
> news:70t5sbeu0bsk$.dlg at news.spamcop.net...

> <snip>

>> I had that happen on a pacbell.net account. Based on evidence in the
>> incoming email, my "new" account had been used by somebody else before I 
>> got
>> it.

> So, what did you do?  Cancel that account and try again?  That would be my 
> strategy.

Yes.

> The only way that accounts that are long and contain alphnumeric symbols 
> could have been created before is by spammers with random generators, IMHO.

OTOH, any user name that was ever used with any of the more popular service
domains is probably going to be tried against any of the others.

-- 
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum