Okopipi alows you to report spam to the SpamCop, the FTC, FDA, SEC, ACMA and/or Knujon.com. Okopipi will also allows you to put in your own custom addresses to report spam to corporate abuse address or your ISP.
License: Freeware
Download security software: Okopipi 1.8.6
Developer: Will Harris
This is an extension is for the Thunderbird mail client. It is meant to help report spam and illicit e-mails properly, quickly and to the right places. It will also help those that may not be as technical savy as some, and don't understand how to give an admin the needed header information. Please note this program will NOT stop spam. This is meant solely to report spam to companies and law enforcement so they can prosecute spammers. Reporting does help cut back spam for everyone, but it will take time.
What's new:
- Added Knujon.com, Enable/Disable Spamcop, new icons, bug fixes.
Why Bother?
Why even bother reporting spam, no one does anything?
While this may appear to be true, I don't believe in just letting these theives and cyber terrorist go unchallanged. I know that word gets used a lot, but that is what they are (look at the life and death of blue frog below). I have also seen law enforcement taking action, and every report helps them track down and prosecute those responsible.
These criminals steal resources from legitimate businesses so they can spread their garbage to everyone they can find indiscriminately. They steal your time and resources too by having to deal with it. They don't care what they send or to whom, take a moment to think of all the garbage you have gotten over the past year, and consider that some child somewhere got a copy of it as well...
Why not just delete it?
I delete it, but after I report it. The same as I would report someone breaking into a house, stealing a car, or abusing a child. This problem is not going to go away by just ignoring it. You have to do something or it will continue to grow worse. If your country has laws, use them. That is what it is for, you can not expect anyone to do anything if you don't help by reporting it.
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