Re: Wondering about how SpamCop works two or more users]

On Mon, 1 May 2006 00:58:05 -0700, Mike Easter wrote:

> Robert Blair wrote:
>> "John E. Malmberg"
>>> <Skiwi cite>
> 
>>>> That is, there needs to be two or more users being lazy or stupid
> 
>>> I know of cases that were discussed here where there was only one
>>> user doing the reporting
> 
>>> While the idea that it takes two reporters to cause a listing seems
>>> to be mentioned a lot, it does not seem to be the case.
> 
> It is also /my/ belief that there is no 'requirement' for more than one
> reporter making reports.  There is a requirement for more than one
> report, not for more than one report-er
> http://www.spamcop.net/fom-serve/cache/297.html  How the SCBL Works  -- 
> The SCBL will not list an IP address with only one report filed.
> 
>> Sending a report to your own ISP is bad but it does not get the ISP
>> listed unless there has been other spam reported to the same IP.
> 
> Why do you say that?  Where are you getting that information?  I can see
> why one reporter making multiple reports of their own ISP as source
> might /not/ cause a listing for it, because of the server reputation
> points -- and I can also see why that same ISP might get itself listed
> for also hitting spamtraps in addition to the one reporter, because of
> the heavier weight of the spamtraps -- but I'm not aware of a rule in
> the algorithm to not list the IP if there is only one reporter making
> reports.
> 
>> So
>> my conclusion is that more than one person is reporting spam from that
>> IP.
> 
> You are basing that conclusion on a belief that there is a 'requirement'
> that a listing cannot occur if there is only one reporter making
> multiple reports.  I'm questioning the basis for that belief.
> 
>> How does the list handle email it receives from someone not
>> subscribed to the list?
> 
> That's a good question to ask.

I just answered that last question.  See my prior post.  :o)

Patty