From: Tony Williams 

Fair enough. It could be that SpamCop recommend tagging as opposed to
blocking just to cover themselves in case someone gets lawyer-happy.

Geo. wrote:
> Not "some" ISP's. LOTS of ISPs (including netlink) use one
or more of the
> major Blacklists. spamcop, osirusoft, maps, spews, and about 3 or 4 more are
> very popular ways to stop spam. Not because they force the ISP to boot the
> spammer but because they actually do stop spam.
>
> Only ISP's I've ever heard talk like they are a bad idea are the ISP's who
> keep letting the spammers on the net.
>

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