Re: temporary spambouncer problem

[http://www.hrweb.org/~ariel (Catherine Hampton)]

Oh, Gotcha. :)  If you need to do this in the future, send me at 
least the headers and a bit more explanation.  He wouldn't have
ended up in the SpamBouncer based on a single report, though.
I require at least two verified reports of spamming from
separate sources before I'll even consider listing an email address
or domain as belonging to a spammer.


Catherine

> 
>.   What had happened is that http://www.fujipub.com/~bobby sent me a list of spammers.
> Since http://www.fujipub.com/~bobby wasn't in my nobounce file, the SpamBouncer
> pattern matcher thought Bobby was sending me spam (he wasn't) and reported
> him as a spammer to "the authorities".
> 
> This was a mistake and I don't want him to end up on a spammer list somewhere.
> 
> This is why I cc-ed you on the messages.
> 
>  > From: http://www.hrweb.org/~ariel (Catherine Hampton)
>  > Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 10:25:06 -0700 (PDT)
>  > Subject: Re: SPAMMERFILE [IRP2001061100000173]
>  >
>  > ???  Why are you contacting me about this?  The attached appears
>  > to be a Level3 Communications abuse autoack message.  I don't work
>  > for Level3 Communications.
>  > 
>  > If this involved a SpamBouncer report, you need to include the report
>  > or I can't help you.   Simply asserting you're not a spammer isn't
>  > terribly convincing, since most spammers vociferiously deny being
>  > spammers too.  <wry grin>  If you include the report, I'll know
>  > what this is about and perhaps be able to help.
>  > 
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