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

[Michael Lefevre]

Miss Betsy wrote:
>> Michael Lefevre wrote:
>>
>> > 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).

It doesn't actually - the DNS part refers to the way that the lookups to
the list are made, so it is a DNSBL.  However, most people (and the
SpamCop site) tend to refer to it as the SpamCop BL (or even SCBL), so
while it wouldn't be wrong to call it the "SpamCop DNSBL" (with a space),
it just isn't usual to do that, and, as you say, non-technical folks won't
gain anything from having DNSBL instead of just BL.

-- 
Michael