Hello Daniel,

I don't quite understand the problem.

Thursday, January 13, 2005, 7:00:23 PM, you wrote:

DQ> So, as you may be aware, we have a minor issue in terms of
DQ> figuring out which whitelisted domains should be skipped in
DQ> queries.  

DQ>   SpamAssassin now ships with list of domains that are excluded
DQ> for SURBL lookups from the SURBL whitelist.  This list is the 125
DQ> most commonly queried domains.

Good.

DQ>  SURBL counts the number of queries each domain receives to track
DQ> the most commonly queried domains so we can produce an accurate
DQ> list of domains.

Understood.

DQ>   But, once we skip a domain, its relative volume is going to drop
DQ> way off in the SURBL data.

But that doesn't affect the validity of the 125 domains, does it?

Assume that the top 125 domains are stable and reliable and should
remain whitelisted (changes to that decision should be made manually,
and almost never). Let SURBL collect its new data, and look at the top
50-100 domains. Assume that at least some of these first top 125 will
not be listed, since they aren't being SURBL queried. Don't drop the
125, but simply add to the whitelist a number of the "new" top 100, if
warranted.

Would that not work?

Bob Menschel



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