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

Berny wrote:
> "Mike Easter"

>> 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.
>>
>
> Well there was a post from Julian, or a Deputy, a couple of years
> back about a change to the algorithm,.
>
> The change was basically that 2 reporters had to report spams from
> the same source before listing.
>
> There was a bit of grumbling in this newsgroup about that at the time.
>
>  I don't know if this can be found with google now or not.

This is all I've found so far

http://news.spamcop.net/pipermail/spamcop-help/2003-August/041753.html

http://forum.spamcop.net/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t6038-50.html

The forum discussion and question about requiring 2 seems to have never
been confirmed by anyone, unless you can find it in that forum
discussions which I don't like to dredge thru' repeatedly looking for
something.  I prefer nice simple plaintext to dig thru' instead of html.

The 'illustration' of information from a spamcop parse in the 2nd link
which would seem to imply that 2 reporters are required was
'discordant' -- in that the parser's verbose output mentioned a 2
reporter 'requirement' which wasn't met, but then 'turned around' and
said there were two reporters.

And, my experience with the verbose is that it cannot be counted on to
say what it really means or mean what it says -- and in any case the
algorithm and its verbose are highly dynamic, unstable, and perpetually
changing and cannot be relied upon as a 'real' verification of a
requirement which hasn't been verified in the faq or by a deputy or
Julian that I can find so far.

I only see people 'assuming' it to be the case.  I think they are
confused by the verified one report concept -- melding it into a one
reporter concept.

-- 
Mike Easter
kibitzer, not SC admin