----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordan Bobic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> No one has mentioned that it's necessary to wait until
>> the possible spammer identifies his target to know
>> whether the target has him whitelisted.

Gordan wrote:
> Whitelists aren't really practicaly on big setups. You need to block a 
> lot before they even get as far as talking TCP. If you can manage a 
> decent job with that, RBLs can prune enough of what's left for 
> spamassassin and virus scanners to be able to cope with the minute 
> amount of mail that is actually deliverable. It is not all that uncommon 
> to see the spam:ham ratio of around 250:1. When you have a system 
> handling mail for half a million domains, well, you get the idea.
> 

Whitelists aren't really practicaly on big setups handling mail for half 
a million domains. Ahhh, but nonetheless they are a part of the 
Courier algorithm...

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