Re: [Declude.JunkMail] dashes in domains

[Bill Landry]

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That would not be a good idea, especially since this is a public list and if he did that anyone could spam his users by setting their return address to [EMAIL PROTECTED].   I think people are missing the point here.  We are not talking about blacklisting anyone with multiple dashes in their domain names, we are talking about adding weight to their messages in an overall weighting system because lots of spammers use dashes in their domain name.   The thought is that they would also fail other tests that would cause their spam messages to be held or deleted, but that legitimate messages that use multiple dashes would not fail lots of other spam tests, so the minimal weight that gets added to their messages for having multiple dashes would not cause them to be held or have any action applied to them, and they would just get delivered as usual.   Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: George Kulman To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 11:58 AM Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] dashes in domains Kami,   Please whitelist my Almost-On-Line.com domain which I use for AOL convertees and also use as a honey pot.   George Kulman Partner Ridge Systems, L.L.C. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kami Razvan Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 9:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] dashes in domains Hi;   It seems like with all the spammish domains being taken now more & more we see domains with lots of dashes..   Double dashes!   - @ADULT---WEB-CAM.COM - @CHINA--V.COM - @girls--panties.com   Single dashes! - @home-loan-quotes-direct.com - @horny-wild-girls.us - @u-need-1nk-we-th1nk.com   - .2-buy-drugs-online4sale.com - .best-adult-mail.com - .best-offers-found-here.com - .cheat-on-my-husband.com - .come-n-get-me.com - .cut-to-the-chase.com - .daily-specials-daily1.com - .daily-specials-now.com - .debt-consolidation-direct-online.com - .direct-online-sales.com - .dont-miss-this-deal.com - .drug-store-4-now.com - .fast-quotes-direct.com - .fix-the-computer.com - .for-your-credit.com   this is just a simple querry of our database   & many more as I am sure you agree...   What if?   a test that we can give weight on number of dashes in a domain?  I am yet to see companies with more than one dash.. I can even go as far as two dashes but any company with more than 2 dashes in their domain is somehow looking at a marketing issue since giving that address to anyone is just too difficult.   I am sure in this group of all admins we can do a good review of domains and see if this observation makes any sense.   Thoughts?   Regards, Kami