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I got suckered into replying to the "remove" stuff and have been getting worse and worse junk e-mails ever since. I've not heard of this SPamCop. Maybe it is worth a try.

I did start getting e-mails soliciting kiddie porn. I forwarded those to the FBI....

Turning those emails over to the appropriate authorities is exactly what I've been doing too. This am I sent one to the regional FBI office to see if they felt the need to investigate it. Haven't heard back from them yet, though....
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Az

I got suckered into replying to the "remove" stuff and have been getting worse and worse junk e-mails ever since. I've not heard of this SPamCop. Maybe it is worth a try.

SpamCop's cool because it automatically parses the header to extract all the return-path hops, and finds the real IP addresses. (One trick everyone seems to use is they put completely bogus From: addresses in the header.) The report it generates shows the spam originated from some account in .mx, .cn, .kr, .es, .se ... then it got routed thru some ISP's open relays in another country, etc. So SpamCop sends the report to every ISP it could detect along the path, as well as the ISP for any websites mentioned in the email body, etc. etc. Who knows where the spam REALLY originates???

Anyway, it's the best solution I've found so far that doesn't take up all day doing the legwork myself. :-)