Re: Is it a good idea to report mailing list spam to razor?

Kelson wrote:
> 
> In theory, that text, or the URLs in it, could end up listed in Razor 
> until enough people receive mistagged messages and revoke them.
> 
> The question: is this likely to be a problem in practice, or just in theory?
> 
Another thing to consider if how this affects a person's rating.  From 
the FAQ:

Q: How does razor decide which submissions to trust when
    declaring email to be spam?

    Razor uses a Truth Evaluation System (TeS) to assign a trust
    level, or rating, to those who make reports. In general
    reporting spam and issuing revokes for nonspam help your
    rating. Conversely reporting things such as mailing lists
    that a large number of users will have to revoke will hurt
    your rating.


It's not clear if their mailing list example means reporting spam from a 
mailing list or reporting a regular good message.

-- 
Chris


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