History
SpamCop was founded by Julian Haight in 1998 as an individual effort. As the reporting service became more popular, staff was added and the SCBL became more useful. It has commonly been the target of DDoS attacks and lawsuits from organizations listed in the SCBL.
Email security company IronPort Systems announced its acquisition of SpamCop on November 24, 2003, but it remained independently run by Julian Haight, a small staff and volunteer help in its forum.
IronPort agreed to become a division of Cisco Systems on January 4, 2007 effectively making SpamCop a Cisco service. Julian Haight left approximately two years after the Cisco acquisition.
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