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prisaz

Does anyone ever report SPAM that blows right past the Verizon spam filter?

Has anyone had a positive experience reporting spam to spamdetector.notcaught@verizon.net ?

I have forwarded probably a hundreds or more emails with headers to this address, and have made it my mission.

Does anyone think it will help?

I get this standard reply for perhaps one out of ten I report.

Thank you for taking the time to forward us this uncaught spam. We will forward it to our spam experts for further review. This response is automatically generated. To contact a specific area within Verizon Online, please visit http://www2.verizon.net/contact/. Thank you, Your Verizon Online Team

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GaryDoug

@prisaz wrote:
Does anyone ever report SPAM that blows right past the Verizon spam filter?
...no
Has anyone had a positive experience reporting spam to spamdetector.notcaught@verizon.net ?
...no
I have forwarded probably a hundreds or more emails with headers to this address, and have made it my mission.
Does anyone think it will help?
...no
I get this standard reply for perhaps one out of ten I report.
Thank you for taking the time to forward us this uncaught spam. We will forward it to our spam experts for further review. This response is automatically generated. To contact a specific area within Verizon Online, please visit http://www2.verizon.net/contact/. Thank you, Your Verizon Online Team

lslsa

Please see below:

SPAM BLOCKER

SPAM getting through...

SPAM

These are a few comments on the Verizon Blocker and their HELP email " spamdetector.netcaught@verizon.net "

It is very clear that they will do nothing.

prisaz

I posted in hopes to get more positive feedback, but received what I expected. All the trouble Verizon started when they blocked port 25 and from what I remember got involved with Spamhaus only a PR stunt or a way to limit our options. Oh viruses and malware use port 25 so you must use our server for SMTP. BULL! Why do I get so much trash through port 110? If their servers would just spend the few extra seconds and do reverse lookups, most of this trash would not get through. Most of the trash I have been forwarding to the black hole address mentioned, would fail a reverse lookup test, and does not come from a valid domain. Anyone with a residential account that does not have a domain in the IP addess space lookup table should have their mail rejected anyway.

JubiLee2

I've been reporting it but have seen no improvement at all.

The stuff getting through is obvious spam that any basic spam filter should be able to catch. I've noticed most of it occurs during regular business hours ET.

Only one of my accounts has a lot of uncaught spam but that one is very frustrating. All the stuff getting through is in the same format, with bogus HTML metadata, jpg image in the body, and obviously forged headers.

I've been able to manually block much of it by adding the following domains to my Block Senders List....

mo1221time.com

jacibluemar.com

itar005tied.com

crokram.com

And by adding the following to my Filters:

If From contains .info

If From contains singles

If From contains ink

If From contains coupon

If Subject contains quibids

I move those messages to a new folder I created called Blocked so I can still see what's getting through the Spam Filter.

I would like to know who at Verizon is responsible for their spam policies, and hear him answer some questions about why they're such a failure.

somegirl

I very rarely get any spam at all, caught by the spam filter or otherwise. Then again, I don't use my verizon.net address to sign up for ANYTHING, so I'm not on the spam lists.

If I did though, I would probably forward it to spamdetector.notcaught@verizon.net so I could at least *feel* like something might get done. Ah, the placebo effect...

JubiLee2

Prisaz -- have you tried actually unsubscribing from the spam using the links at the bottom of the E-mails?

prisaz

@JubiLee wrote:
Prisaz -- have you tried actually unsubscribing from the spam using the links at the bottom of the E-mails?

No because my Outlook filter is catching it and filling up my Junk folder. I will not open any of the mesages after Outlook has blocked links, redirects, and scripts that my be imbedded in said trash. Many people would say not to open, click on links or reply to anything that is junk mail comming from an invalid domain as shown in the mail headers. Also unsubscribing just verifies the Email address is a good place to send more trash. It is not good to open mail from unknown senders. Most antivirus, anti malware would catch bad stuff, and many improvements have been made to mail client software. But why chance it when you know it is trash?

dslr595148

If Prisaz did not subscribe to the e-mail, why should he unsubscribe?

I point to

http://www.spamprimer.com/spammers_wont_unsubscribe_you.html

http://spam.abuse.net/overview/remove.shtml

Toobusy

@JubiLee wrote:
Prisaz -- have you tried actually unsubscribing from the spam using the links at the bottom of the E-mails?

LOL...this makes me laugh because even though Verizon let the spam get through to my email account, when you try to use the "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the spam, Verizon blocks you from sending the reply saying it's SPAM!!!

They obviously know it's spam but let it through anyway.

prisaz

@Toobusy wrote:
@JubiLee wrote:
Prisaz -- have you tried actually unsubscribing from the spam using the links at the bottom of the E-mails?
LOL...this makes me laugh because even though Verizon let the spam get through to my email account, when you try to use the "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the spam, Verizon blocks you from sending the reply saying it's SPAM!!!
They obviously know it's spam but let it through anyway.

Not all of Verizon knows it is SPAM. The incoming hand does not know, but the outgoing hand does know. Like many things, the left hand knows not what the right is doing.

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scooter4598

I forward mail to it all the time; just sent 38 messages. I've also made it my mission as their spam filter is pathetic and I hope they get as fed up with receiving spam as I am. It seems the more I forward to "spam detector", the more spam I get.

One interesting thing is that most of the spam I receive, that is not caught, is not even to my email address.

I guess I should not be surprised the spam detector Verizon has is so poor...Their entire website is that way. Trying to get anything accomplished online is a real pain in the butt.

scooter4598

I would not click thru any link a spam email. That's just inviting more trouble...in my opinion.

DSimon64

I have forwarded HUNDREDS of spams that get through the spamdetector, and it doesn't seem to accomplish ANYTHING!!

Up until recently, I used to get a CONFIRMATION EMAIL that they received the report. Well, NOW, I don't even get that! I get NOTHING! And the SPAM continues.

I have a strong feeling that there is NOBODY at spamdetector.notcaught@verizon.net, that it is nothing more than a chew-toy for aggravated email users, to let them THINK that they are doing something when in fact nothing is being done at all.

Nothing else makes sense.

DSimon64

Prisaz observes: "If their servers would just spend the few extra seconds and do reverse lookups, most of this trash would not get through. "

Seconds? Heck, it would only take NANOSECONDS to do this check. But Verizon cannot be bothered to actually perform a service for their paying customers!

ElizabethS

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