# Do you also report spammers to their hosts?

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**Created:** [May 7, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-also-report-spammers-to-their-hosts/621174 "2012-05-07T15:14:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-also-report-spammers-to-their-hosts/621174/1 "2012-05-07T15:14:32Z")

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This is from a recent spam message on GQ:

> [@The Legend of Korra Episode 5](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-legend-of-korra-episode-5/621148/1):
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> So guys are you ready to Watch The Legend of Korra Episode 5 Online ?
> 
> [http://thelegendofkorraepisode5.beeplog.com/](http://thelegendofkorraepisode5.beeplog.com/) [http://gameofthronesseason2e6.squarespace.com](http://gameofthronesseason2e6.squarespace.com)

(I have broken the links)

Do/should the mods also report this guy to beeplog and squarespace or is it futile?

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-also-report-spammers-to-their-hosts/621174/2 "2012-05-07T17:26:18Z")

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That IS a spammer – just hadn’t been discovered yet.

That is rare, usually we clear them off the boards more quickly.

No, we ban them from this board but usually don’t bother reporting them – nothing ever happens when we do.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-also-report-spammers-to-their-hosts/621174/3 "2012-05-07T17:35:38Z")

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I wouldn’t expect anything from reporting them to the places they’re spamming for, but what about reporting them to their ISPs (which could be determined from their IP addresses)?

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-also-report-spammers-to-their-hosts/621174/4 "2012-05-07T18:03:31Z")

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We did report in the past but as far as we could tell, nothing ever happened.

So we stopped.