Re: Spam Cop

From: Jim Reardon <jim_at_amusive.com>
Date: Thu 13 Mar 2003 00:41:12 -0600

On Wed 12 Mar 2003 10:11:27 -0600, Alana Thornberg wrote:

>1. What type of power does spam cop have?

As much as any individual ISP or user wishes to give them.

>2. Our tech guy is telling us that they can completely shut down our
>email and make it impossible for us to send or receive email ever
>again, is this true?

No. But it's a beautiful lie.

>3. What effects does Spam Cop have when you are reported?

None, some, or a lot.

>4. What are the ramifications of being complained about 3 times?

Nothing or something, ranging from a warning to complete suspension
of your services.

>I am unsure of anything about the effects of being reported. We are a
>niche business and we want to send out a one time mailing to dentists to
>describe a free service that we are providing to them. We have built a
>national database of over 130,000 dental websites and we are giving them
>to the dentists for free. We want them to be aware that they have a
>website, and, if they wish, they can check their information to be sure
>it is correct and make any changes they want. There are no paid services
>included. This is a free public service.

This is SPAM and as such you are being reported appropriately, and
your ISP should take action to cancel the services they provide to you.

>Apparently we have had two complaints. ( I sent out a test mailing of
>200. But, so far we've had over 25 dentists respond and sign in). Can we
>send out our one time mailing? What effects will it have if people
>complain to spam cop again? Will they shut us down?

You can do whatever you like, however, if people complain your ISP
might shut you down. You seem to be frightened of SpamCop when
SpamCop is not your problem. The problem is you are engaging in
unreputable and disgusting activities, along with most likely
violating your ISPs terms of service. All spamcop does is forward
complaints to the appropriate authority. If you continue to blast
out trash, your ISP will probably note that you are sending out
unsolicited mailings and cut you off.

SpamCop has no authority over anything. They are an organization
that helps punish ignorant people like yourself for wasting other
people's resources for your own gain. They can't force your ISP to
take action, but any ethical ISP would.

SpamCop DOES run a blacklisting service, meaning that your spam will
get you placed onto this list and some ISPs or individuals use this
to filter out spam. This can cause your emails -- all of them -- to
be blocked by certain parties.
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Jim Reardon <jim_at_amusive.com>
http://www.amusive.com/






Received on Thu Mar 13 2003 - 00:41:12 CST