Blocked Email (Spamcop)

[Rob]

I use Outlook (Win Office 2003 Pro) to manage my email. Recently 1 or 2
contacts have phoned and asked why I have not been responding to their
emails. The answer, I never received them and it appears they are being
returned to the senders with the following message "Blocked HTTP/Spamcop.net
Host Blacklisted) I do not and have never downloaded and used "Spamcop" so
why is it blocking some of my incoming email? Up to date virus and
spyware/adware scans reveal nothing.

Can anyone help me stop this happening please?

Rob

 

[David Webb]

I found this using Google:

Introduction to SpamCop for recipients of spam reports
http://www.spamcop.net/reported.shtml

| I use Outlook (Win Office 2003 Pro) to manage my email. Recently 1 or 2
| contacts have phoned and asked why I have not been responding to their
| emails. The answer, I never received them and it appears they are being
| returned to the senders with the following message "Blocked HTTP/Spamcop.net
| Host Blacklisted) I do not and have never downloaded and used "Spamcop" so
| why is it blocking some of my incoming email? Up to date virus and
| spyware/adware scans reveal nothing.
|
| Can anyone help me stop this happening please?
|
| Rob

 

[Pat Willener]

The Spamcop Blocklist is not working on the mail client level (Outlook),
but on the mail server level - your ISP. The real source of the problem
however is with your contacts' ISP; their IP addresses have been blocked
by Spamcop because spam is originating from them.

If you *need* to receive email from these contact you will have to ask
your ISP to stop spam-blocking for you. But this may open a floodgate of
spam messages.

 

[Rob]

Hi Pat
Thanks for the reply. Can you tell me why this has started happening out of
the blue? I am assuming my ISP uses Spamcop? Which obviously doesnt work that
well as lots of genuine Spam is getting through.
Rob

 

[Pat Willener]

Hi Rob,

You'll have to contact your ISP about this. The SCBL can only block IP
addresses that have been reported, so there *is* of course still spam
from unreported IP addresses coming through. Also BL filtering always
has the potential of blocking good email, which is what you are observing.

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