[Scspamcop] Re: setting up a spamtrap

[Andrzej Filip]

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Sofa King Tyred of Lar Ting wrote:
> Andrzej Filip wrote:
>> Sofa King Tyred of Lar Ting wrote:
>>> Technomage Hawke wrote:
>>>> what is the proceedure for setting up a spamtrap 
>>> Wikipedia explains it well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spamtrap
>>>
>>> It doesn't really help to reduce spam. It just makes it easier for you
>>> to report offenders, since all email coming to a spamtrap can only be
>>> spam.
>>
>> Not exactly. Some spammers are capable to "trick" mailing list like
>> software to send invitations/confirmations to spam-traps especially
>> "for *public* record" spam-traps.
> 
> Perhaps. But then such a "trick" would only be a "misdirected bounce"
> (or an automated reply to forged sender), which is therefore spam
> according to SpamCop.

Would you dare to promote subscriptions *without* verification? :-)

P.S.
I have seen a few lists sending "requests to confirm subscription" in a
single "non English" language.

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[pl>en: Andrew] Andrzej Adam Filip : anfi at priv.onet.pl : anfi at xl.wp.pl
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