Amos wrote:
I must say I'm not particularly thrilled about the tactics employed by
SpamCop. At a university it is sometimes difficult to control every
single thing that everybody does on campus, unless of course perhaps
if this was a complete authoritarian state. We try hard to control and
minimize spamming events, but alas, sometimes they happen.
Just recently we discovered we've been tagged by spamcop. Since the
spamtrap is "secrete", there's no way to know what incident triggered
this event, which makes it pretty damn difficult to track it down to
try to deal with it. Furthermore, a site has only one chance to delist
their server. After that, it's a permanent block.
So, if we can't tell what source is a problem, only have one chance to
delist--EVER--seems to me we're pretty screwed. Lovely.
Amos
Hello,
First off this is not the SpamCOP rant list, it is the SpamAssassin software
list. SpamCOP and SA are not involved, other than the fact that SA queries
SpamCOP and score email according to its presence or absence of the SpamCOP
lists. SA does not need SpamCOP, and the reverse is also true.
Secondly, from my reading of their policies, you have one chance to
_expedite_ de-listing, which in my dictionary means "speed up". De-listing
happens automatically, however if you continue to spew spam, complaints from
SpamCOP users will continue to list you into oblivion if need be.
You are not screwed, but you are (according to your email) responsible.
Claiming non-socialist ideals will get you nowhere, particularily if you
send your concerns to the wrong people.
Good luck,
Chris Conn
