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✴️ Want to report spam to the ISP it came from? These days, spam comes from massive networks of hacked computers, not a single traceable server. I'll explain why reporting spam to what you think is the source of that spam is mostly a waste of time.
✴️ Reporting spam to the source
Reporting spam to the originating ISP won’t help. Modern spam is sent by botnets: huge networks of hacked computers controlled by a hidden spammer. The “From” address is faked and the IP address leads nowhere useful. The best thing you can do is keep your software updated and mark spam as spam.
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0:00 Report Spam to the Originating ISP
0:37 How we think spam works
1:29 Rise of the spam army
2:04 Why your information doesn’t help
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✴️ Want to report spam to the ISP it came from? These days, spam comes from massive networks of hacked computers, not a single traceable server. I'll explain why reporting spam to what you think is the source of that spam is mostly a waste of time.
✴️ Reporting spam to the source
Reporting spam to the originating ISP won’t help. Modern spam is sent by botnets: huge networks of hacked computers controlled by a hidden spammer. The “From” address is faked and the IP address leads nowhere useful. The best thing you can do is keep your software updated and mark spam as spam.
Updates, related links, and more discussion: askleo.com/191990
🔔 Subscribe to the Ask Leo! YouTube channel for more tech videos & answers: go.askleo.com/ytsub
✅ Watch next ▶ How to Deal with Spam ▶ youtu.be/wWhab7JPJU4
Chapters
0:00 Report Spam to the Originating ISP
0:37 How we think spam works
1:29 Rise of the spam army
2:04 Why your information doesn’t help
❤️ My best articles: go.askleo.com/best
❤️ My Most Important Article: go.askleo.com/number1
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