That sounds reasonable. You wrote of a process to compile a whitelist (implemented as negative weight on a blacklist). Does this process "walk" to all of the includes and their include, etc. to create the whitelist file?
Todd Holt Xidix Technologies, Inc Las Vegas, NV USA www.xidix.com 702.319.4349 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Declude.JunkMail- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R. Scott Perry > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 3:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Web-o-Trust > > > >How do the names get added to the list (or web-o-trust)? > > By getting someone to trust them. > > For example, we're asking that our customers let us know that they have > set > up a WOT file, and we add them to our WOT file, which a lot of people > already trust. > > >It appears that companies say, "I'm not a spammer, trust me!" What > >keeps the spammers of the list? > > Several things. > > First is the limitations -- for example, if you trust us (that the IPs we > list and the WOT files that we list are all "good"), but have a feeling > that one of our customers may somehow include a spammer's WOT file, you > can > use "include http://www.declude.com/web-o-trust.txt 2", which will trust > us > (1) and our customers (2). But it will not trust IPs that our customers > trust. > > Second is "omit". If we find that somehow a spammer gets a WOT file that > our WOT file trusts, we can omit it ("omit > http://www.spammer_domain.com/web-o-trust.txt ). > > But, it would be a real hassle for a spammer to do this -- they typically > have lots of compromised servers that they would need to list, and would > need to find someone to trust them. Even if they find someone to trust > them, they won't have any idea how many people are whitelisting them > (since > many people will use the limits). Then, once they are caught, they will > quickly be removed. > > Of course, only time will tell how effective it really turns out to be. I > think it has a lot of promise. > > -Scott > --- > Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail mailservers. > Declude Virus: Catches known viruses and is the leader in mailserver > vulnerability detection. > Find out what you've been missing: Ask about our free 30-day evaluation. > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found > at http://www.mail-archive.com. > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
