https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=5905
--- Comment #11 from Matt Kettler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2008-05-11 18:30:49 PST --- Quite frankly, I question the value here. Being in the skip list does, and should not, not reflect whether the domain is "really white and never sends spam". It should contain domains which are both high volume and will not likely appear in any of the blacklists from any of the uribl's. This serves the purpose of reducing load on the uribl servers by eliminating oft-cited domains that aren't going to produce a positive match. Usually this "will not likely appear" is based on the whitelists that surbl.org and uribl.com keep. Those whitelists are also selected not on a "never spam" basis. They are really for internal use to keep track of domains that they already know will cause severe FPs if blacklisted. They serve as a reminder when processing spam reports that the domain has already been reviewed and switching to black is probably unwise. Removing a domain from the skip list only has value if the domain is actually listed in one of the surbl.org lists, or uribl.com's black list. (Dallas Engelken has explicitly clarified that presence in URIBL_GREY should not be a good reason to remove a domain from the skip). At present, constantcontact isn't listed in any of these lists. It appears that at present both major URIBL systems have constantcontact whitelisted. A quick check on uribl.com's lookup will show it's been in their whitelist since 2005. That same lookup will also verify it's not listed in any surbl.org lists, and I assume it's in surbl's whitelist. As for the status of the domain, there are *numerous* legitimate businesses, particularly small ones, using it. A quick scan of my own inbox shows 1 chain resturant (zpizza), one local fine dining restaurant, and a local independent nursery/garden center use it. I also have several business I buy from at my office who use them. Regardless of how grey constantcontact may be, with such a large base of nonspam email using this domain I highly doubt either surbl.org or uribl.com will move it to one of their blacklists, because it would throw their false positive rate through the ceiling. Too much of that and SA would be forced to drop the rule score substantially, and that would make the lists more-or-less useless. That said, if you can convince either uribl.com or surbl.org to list it in one of their blacklists (not grey), I'd be happy to go along with removing it from the skip list. In the interim, removing it appears to lack any tangible value other than increasing load on both users of spamassassin and the surbl.org/uribl.com DNS servers. -- Configure bugmail: https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug.
