OptInRealBig Wins Restraining Order On SpamCop

arikb writes "Some online newspapers are reporting that the infamous Scott Richter and his company OptInRealBig won a temporary restraining order against SpamCop. The TRO prevents SpamCop from sending complaints about OIRB to their provider or removing email addresses from the complaints it receives which regard OIRB. I think we will rue this day for years to come." Update: 05/12 16:43 GMT by T : The Ultimate Fartkno writes "HillsCap, a fed-up SpamCop user, is now organizing a class-action lawsuit to be brought against Richter and Opt-In. At least 1,000 signatures are needed, so tell your friends!"

Comments

Richter's phone number and e-mail?

[arhar]

What's Scott Richter's latest and most accurate phone # and e-mail? We need to post it here and mod the post up, so he'll be opting in REAL BIG.

rueless

[AnotherBlackHat]

OptInRealBig won a temporary restraining order against SpamCop. The TRO prevents SpamCop from sending complaints about OIRB to their provider or removing email addresses from the complaints it receives which regard OIRB. I think we will rue this day for years to come."

I may be in the minority, but personally I doubt I'll rue this day at all.
Spamcop used to send ISPs enough information that you could figure out which customer was spamming.

Now they're just vauge assertions that someone somewhere on your system sent email to somebody at sometime that they thought was spam.

30,000 customers and one of them is sending spam.
Gee - who'd a thunk?

If this TRO gets spamcop to rethink their position on annonymous reporting, I won't rue it at all.

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