Niall Donegan wrote: Hello Niall,
Dipl-Inform. Frank Gadegast wrote:
I think that everything IS spam, what somebody, who receives it, is bothered with, because he did no want it, he feel offended, did not ask for it or whatever personal reason.
Just to give you a very specific example that we received last week from AOL's Scomp. It was an email which a real estate management company sent to the landlord, informing them that the tenant had paid the rent, however they were asking if something could come over and check the cold water tap in the bathroom. The landlord just hit "Report Spam".
By your definition, that is spam, as the landlord didn't want it. I'm sure everyone on this list who runs an abuse desk can share similar stories. I know we have plenty more examples.
Use the backlink and click "is no spam".
The problem here is user education. A lot of users see the "Report Spam" button as a "Delete And Don't Come Back" button, not understanding the difference between Spam and legitimate email which they don't like.
Yes, thats why there is a need for the backlink, so that you, beeing more educated, can correct the situation easily. And remember: your abuse team has already to do this. Maybe your example brought your IP into Spamcop. You will have to react and select the right category already so that spamcop does not include you IP in the blacklist. Nothing else you should have to do with the RIPE system, just repair your credibility by following a link. Thats no different and not more work than before. But this would identify you as being a member taking care about the usage of the services you got from RIPE. Is that bad for you ? dont think so. And anybody thats doing nothing will be identified too ;o)
Niall.
Think about future developments: - maybe one day the RIPE system is that reliable, that other blacklists catch up on the feedback data collected at RIPE, so that your abuse team only has to comment the complaint once and your IP will be remove automatically from other lists, or your comment will be used there too then you will have LESS work ... Kind regards, Frank -- PHADE Software - PowerWeb http://www.powerweb.de Inh. Dipl.-Inform. Frank Gadegast mailto:frank@powerweb.de Schinkelstrasse 17 fon: +49 33200 52920 14558 Nuthetal OT Rehbruecke, Germany fax: +49 33200 52921 ====================================================================== Public PGP Key available for frank@powerweb.de