SpamCop FAQ

General information about SpamCop

SpamCop is the premier web-based service for reporting and blocking spam, founded in 1998 by Julian Haight. SpamCop processes millions spam complaints a day and is supported by hundreds of thousands of users, a knowledgeable volunteer community, and a professional staff. SpamCop streamlines the process of determining the origin of spam emails and reporting them to the relevant Internet service providers. SpamCop offers both free and premium reporting services.

SpamCop is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc, an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, that designs, manufactures, and sells networking equipment. SpamCop is part of Cisco's Security Intelligence at Talos

SpamCop's wide range of spam reporting and filtering services aims to eliminate spam at its source.

Spam reporting

SpamCop offers free and premium reporting services to report spam quickly and accurately. SpamCop reporting streamlines the process of determining the origin of spam emails and reporting them to the relevant Internet service providers. In addition to providing direct feedback to Internet service providers, SpamCop reports fuel the SpamCop blocking list.

DNS-based SpamCop Blocking List

The SpamCop Blocking List offers service providers and other email administrators an automated tool to filter out aggressively spam from an email network. Used with existing email servers, the SpamCop Blocking List is automated and time-based, allowing administrators to quickly and accurately filter reported spam.
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