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What is SpamCop.net?
SpamCop.net is a comprehensive service offering something for everyone in the fight against
spam. In this case, COP stands for Citizen On Patrol. SpamCop Reporters patrol their mailboxes and report the
spam inside.
SpamCop has the following component Services and Systems:
- The reporting service allows you to file complaints with appropriate administrators about spam.
- These reports generate statistics that are fed to the Blocking Service, automatically keeping it up to date.
- The Blocking Service in turn helps the Mail Service filter spam from reaching subscriber inboxes.
- Data developed in this process are also used by other ISPs / software to manage/filter incoming e-mail.
An alternative view suggests the analogy of a Credit Reporting Agency;
SpamCop works exactly like the credit reporting agencies, and since most people understand how that works.
- SpamCop = Credit Reporting Agency
- SpamCop Users = Various Financial Entities that report credit info
- ISP using the SpamCopBL to handle incoming email = Dealership using credit report information to decide whether or not to give you the car loan
Also see:
SpamCopHistory for additional information about
SpamCop.
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