[SC-Help] Re: How it works?

[Mike Easter]

Viper wrote:
> I was wondering how SpamCop worked.

How much of the faq have you read?  There's a lot in there;  start with
the part which you must read before you begin to report and then proceed
thru' all of the various sections.  Surely you don't want us (tinu) to
be interpreting all of that for you, do you?

> How many reports does it take to get an IP listed?

It depends.

> Can one person reporting the same spam/IP daily get it listed?

You are saying one person reporting one spam of one IP source per day.
In the real world, spam is sent to a lot more than one person;  tens,
hundreds, or thousands of thousands -- resulting in many similar reports
of spam by many reporters and many spamtraps.

Why are you asking such an irrelevant question?

Notice that I'm addressing each of your questions, so I expect you to
address each of mine.

> How many have to report a IP before its listed?

It depends.

> How long after the spam stops for the IP to be unlisted?

It depends.

> After the IP is removed is it "ruined" for future issues?

No.

> If a spam hits a SpamCop spam trap does it get listed auto?

No, but spamtraps count differently than reporters.
http://www.spamcop.net/fom-serve/cache/297.html  What is the SpamCop
Blocking List (SCBL)?  -- How the SCBL Works -- 

> I ask because a few people are saying spamcop doesnt help and I tried
> explaining how it works but wanted to make sure I am correct and if
> not I will correct myself.

"Spamcop doesn't help" -- means that submitting spam to the spamcop
parser for notifying spamsource and spamvertiser providers [which works
to notify] and influencing the listing of spamsources in the spamcop
blocklist [which works to cause such spamsource listings] /doesn't/
'help' to directly cause someone to get less spam.  It helps to
contribute to the SCbl and it helps to contribute to the sc-surbl from
the statistics page.

Besides 'doesn't help' reduce spamload, handling spam irresponsibly and
insecurely to submit it can actually result in somone getting /more/
spam rather than less.


-- 
Mike Easter
kibitzer, not SC admin