[SpamCop-List] Re: Why Am I Blocked? FAQ

[Miss Betsy]

"Kenneth Brody" <kenbrody at spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:4200F92C.72CCF96B at spamcop.net...
> Michael Lefevre wrote:
> >
> > Miss Betsy wrote:
> > > "Steven Maesslein" <nobody at nowhere.invalid> wrote in message
> > > news:slrnd01d5d.mt.nobody at 127.0.0.1...
> > >> On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 17:43:47 -0500, Miss Betsy coughed into
> > > spamcop and
> > >> left this in <ctp0gk$5kj$1 at news.spamcop.net>:
> > >>
> > >> > The SpmCopDNSbl listing will expire automatically within
48
> > > hours
> > >> > of the last report of spam from it.
> > >>
> > >> This isn't quite accurate as I understand it.
> > >>
> > > Technically, you are correct.  The point of this FAQ is to go
from
> > > 'easy to understand' general statements (for most of the
people who
> > > come to find out why they are blocked) to the more specific
> > > technical details.
> >
> > It should be possible to do that by leaving out detail - making
things
> > technically incorrect in the process of simplifying isn't good,
because if
> > people do go further than reading the FAQ and are then told
something
> > contradictory, it causes more problems than it solves.
>
> Perhaps change:
>
>     The SpmCopDNSbl listing will expire automatically within 48
hours
>     of the last report of spam from it.
>            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> to:
>
>     The SpmCopDNSbl listing will expire automatically within 48
hours
>     of the last reported spam from it.
>            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I don't think that is accurate either since the basic criteria is
the valid date stamp.  Perhaps 'valid report' or 'timely report'
It is the last report of spam if you look at it as 'last' being the
'last' spam to come from the IP address.  There are no other
reports since other reports are not counted.

>
> > And, if you're making edits anyway, "SpmCopDNSbl" is wrong.
Aside from
> > missing the "a" from SpamCop, it's generally called the SpamCop
BL - given
> > that the audience for the document are unlikely to know what a
DNSBL is,
> > there's no point in adding extra letters...

That wasn't my choice, but somebody wanted to be more technical.  I
suppose the spamcop bl is not considered a DNSBL because it is
supposed to tag email.  (Or maybe it has nothing to do with that -
I am basically technically non-fluent and am just guessing).

Miss Betsy