SpamCop FAQ : (Category) SpamCop Parsing and Reporting Service : What is “mole” reporting?
As spam defenses and spammers become more sophisticated, many smart spammers have developed very sophisticated defenses against being detected. One of the spammer’s strategies is to quickly and effectively remove anyone from their mailing lists who files a spam complaint (until they want to get revenge, and then they use these “remove lists” differently). This is generally (although not always) good for the person filing the complaint, but it is bad for spam defense in general, since these activists are the only ones identifying the problem. By removing the “trouble makers”, spammers too often slip “under the radar” and appear to be legitimate senders, even though the majority (or entirety) of the victims don’t want the mail (they are just the ones who don’t bother to make waves). In the past, SpamCop has attempted to clean outgoing complaints of any identifying information (codes which spammers use to figure out who is reporting them).
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- SpamCop FAQ : SpamCop Parsing and Reporting Service : What is "mole" reporting?
