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How to report spam to the sender's ISP - no technical abilities needed!
To report spam to the proper ISP - of the real sender, and the real hosts of the websites advertised - you don't need to be an expert or even understand email headers.

You just need to spend two minutes signing up to a free spamcop.net reporting account. Then you get a personal code (a URL to go to, and an email address to forward your spam to). After that, whenever you want to report spam you get you either go to that URL and paste the spam message including headers in, or forward the spam message as an attachment to the address supplied by spamcop.net, whichever way you prefer.
SpamCop then reads the headers and body of the email, locates the IP address of the source and of websites advertised, looks up the addresses of the abuse departments of the relevant ISPs, composes a professional complaint message that includes the technical details that the ISP would need to identify the spammer and close his account (but that you don't have to understand if you don't want to), and lets you send reports to all relevant ISPs in one click!
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But how do you stop "lawful" Spam  el1jones | 12/17/03
Even worse...  RestonTechAlec | 12/18/03
Get a mass email program to do mass-opt-out  hadaso | 01/08/04
That's why OPT-IN is the only reasonable solution  shawkins | 12/22/03
or a federal opt out plan like with telco's  JWatson77 | 12/28/03
Boy, I wish I had an assistant to do that...  Albee_Freeoneday | 01/08/04
Another Thought  Doug@... | 12/17/03
We want opt-in, and the right to personally prosecute!  rbrucecarter | 12/17/03
Hurts more than it Helps  issthatso | 12/17/03
More realistically....  DarbyOhara | 12/17/03
What ISPs can do  RestonTechAlec | 12/18/03
The real answer!  ShadeTree | 12/17/03
Unfortunately  James T. Kirk | 12/17/03
Burden of proof  Robert Carnegie | 12/17/03
This bill is nothing but a farce ...  worknman | 12/17/03
Do Not Solicit  ParadigmOdyssey | 12/17/03
I do not understand what you wrote  Robert Carnegie | 12/18/03
(NT) Nobody does. Just let it go.  James T. Kirk | 12/18/03
Maybe  ParadigmOdyssey | 12/18/03
Almost cut and paste  rpmyers1 | 12/19/03
yeah I get that  ParadigmOdyssey | 12/19/03
Something's wrong - I'm understanding you  Robert Carnegie | 12/22/03
The bigger  ParadigmOdyssey | 12/22/03
By the way  ParadigmOdyssey | 12/19/03
Is there anything in this bill to prevent the optout list  Taz_z | 12/17/03
This is why we need new representation  Lonewolf_z | 12/17/03
What ever happened to "Opt IN"  Sick Of It | 12/17/03
I do not understand what you wrote  Robert Carnegie | 12/18/03
Congress is no help: they sold out to the DMA!  jdoe512 | 12/18/03
Can Spam Act  mcwebber | 12/22/03
Spammer anti-defamation league, line #1  rpmyers1 | 12/22/03
I would like to press charges  JWatson77 | 12/28/03
lets create a bunch of CAN laws  JWatson77 | 12/28/03
It must go further  cmh510@... | 01/03/04
Focus is wrong: Dry up the cash flow, instead  escoles@... | 01/05/04
spam  deanp60@... | 01/08/04
can spam bill is political scam  ironfist03 | 01/08/04
Everyone should respond to all spam offers!  hapticz | 01/08/04
let's can ignorant politicians!  awilson_z | 01/08/04
How to report spam to the sender's ISP - no technical abilities needed!  hadaso | 01/08/04
How to report spam to the sender's ISP - no technical abilities needed!  hadaso | 01/08/04
Stopping Spam  chris@... | 01/08/04

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