You will never know who turns you in. Your affiliate will never tell you who did. I'm almost certain that CL staff (they are 15 on staff) doesn't personally report you to the affiliate, they leave it up to the craigslist community to monitor and flag as they see fit.

Mass cross posting on CL is not spam a definition of the can spam act, that's CL's own definition.

It is your competition flagging or reporting you. Depending on which realm of marketing you deal in that is mostly the case. If you are mass posting or just posting in the personal section, it's users that flag and report you.

I had it happen to me with the w4m, m4m personals section. They are pretty fed up with "spam" in that category.

Just keep a copy of your emails, never delete them. The consumer (for whichever section) initiated first contact with you. Sometimes you can prove this and get your account activated.

Also, make friends with your affiliate manager. They are there for a reason. With enough supporting documentation you MAY be able to get away with a smack on the hand instead of monies revoked.

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