Re: Spamcop missing a LOT of spam lately

Thanks, I figured I'd post here just to get a response.

I referred to the subject lines and the content because that is how most 
spam filters work (they analyze the subject, content, and possibly IP 
address of sender).

But maybe spamcop ONLY blocks on IP address of the sender (which would 
explain a lot)?

But it appears that you are suggesting to configure spamcop to block 
everything and then whitelist individual senders.

Basially:  Compensate for the spamcop filtering that is missing stuff.

Kinda like people who have to configure their AV filter to block ALL 
incoming attachments for viruses to compensate for the time it takes for 
a pattern file to update.  (Poor design, IMO).

Ironically we have an Ironport system at work using Brightmail that 
catches far more than spamcop does (and I see spamcop is owned by 
Ironport).

So perhaps I'm better contacting Ironport directly and asking what's 
going on.


In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] 
says...
> "Kevin Hurni" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Usually maybe 1-5 pieces of spam slips through/day.
> >
> > However, the last week, I'm getting 20-40 pieces of spam that spamcop is
> > missing.
> >
> > And they're ALL very similar subject lines like:
> <snip>
> > Even after reporting these, I continue to get the same type of emails
> > (message bodies are all the same).
> 
> Support for a SpamCop filtered e-mail account has been pointed
> to the Forum by the guy that hosts and runs it .. The spamcop.mail
> newsgroup does exist (you posted there a couple of days ago) ...
> but as noted, it's not a very lively group.
> 
> Why you are pointing to Subject Lines and content when asking
> about the various SpamCop E-mail account filter selections
> available to you is lost on me.  Specific questions on a specific
> spam might be answered if data was provided, preferably via
> a Tracking URL ....
> 
> Setting follow-ups to spamcop.mail ... and having to note that at
> the time of this posting, the Forum is down ... JT's stated that it
> may be an hour or so before he can get on-site .... I can't log in,
> so it appears to more than just the  database error showing on screen.
> 
> 
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