Initialize Vipul's Razor Vipul's Razor is a distributed, collaborative, spam detection and filtering network. Vipul's Razor must be initialized before Hermes SEG can utilize it. Initialization of Vipul's Razor should only have to be done once per system. Clicking the  Initialize Razor  button will create a new Razor configuration and register your server using an automaticaly assigned username/password. Before attempting to initialize Vipul's Razor, ensure the Hermes SEG has outbound Internet access. Initialization can take a few minutes to complete, so please be patient. Click on the  Initialize Razor  button to initialize ( Figure 1 ). Figure 1