On Dec 7, 2010, at 10:39 AM, Gavin Pearce wrote: > After a weekend of heavy spam last month, we decided to fire some > reports over to the abuse contacts for each relevant IP or domain - some > US/Europe based, others from more "obscure" locations. > > We've not had a reply from any of the reports sent over, other than some > automated bounces. Each report from us contained detailed information > about IP, date, headers, spam content, relevant ranges etc ... > > How many of you (honestly) actively manage and respond to abuse@ contact > details listed in WHOIS? Or have had any luck with abuse@ contacts in > the past? Who's good and who isn't?
I answer ours, and I've sent a few abuse complaints (sometimes in error...) I haven't kept count, but I'd say I get an answer at least 50% of the time.
