Does anyone use this service? How effective are they? What exactly do they do?

most of those anti-spam services are just scams to get your money, an open source server-side solution is usually your best bet to ditching the spam :)

good luck.

Originally posted by LucidParody
Does anyone use this service? How effective are they? What exactly do they do?
Yes, I use their paid services, but there is also a free service and both are effective. The more people who use services like this, the sooner the spam will be reduced :)

Here is some reading from their site that might explain the internal workings. http://www.spamcop.net/#map

Originally posted by ub3r
most of those anti-spam services are just scams to get your money, an open source server-side solution is usually your best bet to ditching the spam :)

good luck.

Thats just the attitude that ends up promoting spam. Spamcop is one of the worlds largest anti-spam systems and respected by all. When they send a spam report out to a provider, they jump.

As anon-e-mouse says, the more people that use services like this, the sooner we can start finding clean inboxes.

Luke

I have a couple of friends that use that service and they are happy with it...

I have been using their free service for about a month now for a single account. The spam I am receiving on this account is coming from the same company and I receive 2 per day. (It's a relatively new account) I have reported through the spamcop interface every single email and they continue to come.
I would have to say I am not impressed enough with their free service to sign up with the paid service.

Is it the same IP everytime though blue? These spammers switch IPs and URLs faster than we change our underwear :eek:

No, not the same IP Anon.
I was kind of hoping SpamCop would be able to trace things back to an originator.
This is a customer service account and I don't want spam to become an issue.