Automate Spamcop Submissions

hausmasta writes "Spamcop is pretty much dependent on user input. If no one submits and verifies spam, then they will have no blacklist. However that whole submission and verification process is a bit annoying. Why should I bother to actually submit spam to Spamcop and have it verified? If I just delete it, that will take less time.. This tutorial shows how to automate the Spam Cop submission and verification process. All I do is just put the spam into certain folders and our good old friend cron does the rest."

Comments

I have spamcop turned off

[JanneM]

I have spamcop checking turned off. Maybe because the service is tuned to north american audiences, I don't know, but its recommendations seem completely arbitrary and frequently mistakenly marks genuine email for me. With two emails (from a legitimate source) one can be marked OK, the other one not.

By contrast, local filtering generally works excellenty. When I finally turned off all on-line checking, I have a perceptible bump in the quality of filtering.

Re:Ummm, they just TOLD you what happened.

[techno-vampire]

Not all email marketing is spam. I get regular emails from a mail order company, advertising their wares. I get them because I asked for them, and occasionally buy something. That's not spam. Spam is unsolicicted commercial email.