Thursday, October 8, 2009

Tools To Report Spam

Tracking the spammer's ISP and reporting the wrongdoing can lead to the spammer's service being terminated. However, unfortunately it is difficult for us to track down a spammer and though few online tools are there to assist, they are always not accurate. It is on a rare occasion that a spammer employs his own netblock. In this case, the contact address for the netblock is the spammer himself and he can confirm your address. Examples of such online tools include Spamcop and Network Abuse Clearinghouse. They provide fully automated or semi automated means to report spam to ISPs. Some experts consider these inaccurate. A useful free tool known as Complainterator is also available. This tool sends an automatically generated complaint to the registrar of the spamming domain and the registrar of its name servers. Historically, reporting spam in this way has not abated spam since spammers simply move to another URL, ISP, or network of IP addresses. Consumers can forward unwanted or deceptive spam to some email addresses maintained by the government such as the FTC (Federal Trade Commission). The database of which is used to bring to book the perpetrators of the crime. One can even contact the registrar of the domain name that has been used in spam e-mail, since they are obliged to uphold certain rules and regulations, and have the resources necessary to deal with abuse complaints.

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