Comments on: Tired of abuse asking for headers http://spamhuntress.com/2005/12/26/tired-of-abuse-asking-for-headers/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:43:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Joe http://spamhuntress.com/2005/12/26/tired-of-abuse-asking-for-headers/#comment-2341 Fri, 13 Jan 2006 02:01:46 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/12/26/tired-of-abuse-asking-for-headers/#comment-2341 Oliver, all those "valuable Hight PR links" have rel="nofollow" on them. Oliver, all those “valuable Hight PR links” have rel=”nofollow” on them.

]]> by: Olliver http://spamhuntress.com/2005/12/26/tired-of-abuse-asking-for-headers/#comment-2304 Tue, 10 Jan 2006 11:51:17 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/12/26/tired-of-abuse-asking-for-headers/#comment-2304 John, There's a <a href="/wiki/Where_to_report" rel="nofollow">where to report spam</a> page in Ann Elisabeth's wiki. Currently there's not that much on it but I guess it could be easily extended with relevant additions, so this page eventually will become more useful. Though not directly a reward, there's a listing of <a href="/wiki/Spam_unfriendly" rel="nofollow">spam unfriendly</a> services in the same wiki, which is both a valuable High PR link (SEO wise ;-)) and advertisement for them. Olliver John,
There’s a where to report spam page in Ann Elisabeth’s wiki. Currently there’s not that much on it but I guess it could be easily extended with relevant additions, so this page eventually will become more useful. Though not directly a reward, there’s a listing of spam unfriendly services in the same wiki, which is both a valuable High PR link (SEO wise ;-) ) and advertisement for them.

Olliver

]]> by: John Walling http://spamhuntress.com/2005/12/26/tired-of-abuse-asking-for-headers/#comment-2303 Tue, 10 Jan 2006 02:47:08 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/12/26/tired-of-abuse-asking-for-headers/#comment-2303 Is there a wiki for the purpose of reporting link spam abuses to the target hosts? I think a mob approach would produce results and/or fun. The more the wiki mob is ignored, the more the mob would make menacing noises while flailing pitchforks and torches. If hosting services give good abuse responses, they would be invited to the wiki's village pub for beer and skittles. After all, what's the difference between Dr. Frankenstein's castle and a spammer's safe haven? Is there a wiki for the purpose of reporting link spam abuses to the target hosts? I think a mob approach would produce results and/or fun. The more the wiki mob is ignored, the more the mob would make menacing noises while flailing pitchforks and torches. If hosting services give good abuse responses, they would be invited to the wiki’s village pub for beer and skittles. After all, what’s the difference between Dr. Frankenstein’s castle and a spammer’s safe haven?

]]> by: The Preacher http://spamhuntress.com/2005/12/26/tired-of-abuse-asking-for-headers/#comment-2299 Mon, 09 Jan 2006 14:54:50 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/12/26/tired-of-abuse-asking-for-headers/#comment-2299 This is annoying. In my opinion, Yahoo support is terrible. It's difficult to find a place to report abuse of their facilities and then you get this hassle. I can't recall the name of the company but I remember one company that would only allow you to report abuse if you were actually a customer of theirs. Wonderful service. These days I see very few responses to the spam reports I send, and I send a lot of spam reports. It's still nice though every few months to actually receive an email confirming that the report was received and is being handled. This is annoying. In my opinion, Yahoo support is terrible. It’s difficult to find a place to report abuse of their facilities and then you get this hassle.

I can’t recall the name of the company but I remember one company that would only allow you to report abuse if you were actually a customer of theirs. Wonderful service.

These days I see very few responses to the spam reports I send, and I send a lot of spam reports. It’s still nice though every few months to actually receive an email confirming that the report was received and is being handled.

]]> by: Olliver http://spamhuntress.com/2005/12/26/tired-of-abuse-asking-for-headers/#comment-2275 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 23:32:55 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/12/26/tired-of-abuse-asking-for-headers/#comment-2275 Hola, This reminds me strongly of one of those forms you have to use to contact the abuse folks since there's no email anywhere as alternative contact method. Nothing wrong with that, unless you find out you've got to select your subject line from a dropdown menu and it doesn't cover anything related to wiki/comment/referrer spam. And if there aren't any headers included the entire creation of yours is likely to end up being redirected to /dev/null without actually being read by someone. At least that's the impression I sometimes get when reporting spam... :-( Who knows whether these contact forms are working at all? They might as well be only dummies to keep those people quiet who don't accept being spammed. Or they only care if they really have to, eg. if there would be potential legal issues otherwise. Hola,
This reminds me strongly of one of those forms you have to use to contact the abuse folks since there’s no email anywhere as alternative contact method. Nothing wrong with that, unless you find out you’ve got to select your subject line from a dropdown menu and it doesn’t cover anything related to wiki/comment/referrer spam. And if there aren’t any headers included the entire creation of yours is likely to end up being redirected to /dev/null without actually being read by someone. At least that’s the impression I sometimes get when reporting spam… :-(

Who knows whether these contact forms are working at all? They might as well be only dummies to keep those people quiet who don’t accept being spammed. Or they only care if they really have to, eg. if there would be potential legal issues otherwise.

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