Re: SpamCop and SiteAdvisor... working together.

"Berny" <[email protected]> Thu, 18 May 2006 17:11:43 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.mail.spam.spamcop.geeks
Organization SpamCop
Message-ID <[email protected]>
"Anonymous" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> My idea entails SiteAdvisor.com getting a data feed from SpamCop. All the
> domains reported to SpamCop would automatically receive a "This site
> spams" rating in SiteAdvisor for 48 hours after the last reported spam for
> that domain. After that, the "This site spams" rating derived from the
> SpamCop reports would be removed for that domain (thus, when the spammers
> abandon a domain, someone else can purchase that domain and not inherit
> it's past spamming history).
>
> User comments on the SiteAdvisor.com website about a domain would be
> permanent, however.
>
> Comments, suggestions, etc.?
>

Well spammers often don't abandon domains, they abandon the compromised host
the domain is on., and wait a week or more and reuse the name in later spam
runs.