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> Datum: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 08:53:09 -0700
> Von: "Michael Watkins" <[email protected]>
> An: [email protected]
> Betreff: Re: [Dspam-user] RBL Configuration

> On Mon, August 3, 2009 01:51, Steve wrote:
> > So a distance of 2500 Km would result in:
> > + 0.50
> > + 1.00
> > ------
> > + 1.50
> >
> > A distance of 1500 Km would result in:
> > + 0.50
> > - 1.00
> > ------
> > - 0.50
> >
> > Ach! Reading that now already tells me that most users would not be able
> to handle that. Better to go with the commutative approach. Or what do
> you think?
> 
> I tend to agree - it would probably raise more questions than users.
> 
> > So you think I should take the time to quickly add the scoring by
> distance and scoring by continent into policyd-weight?
> 
> Some admins might employ both, but I imagine that scoring by continent
> will be adopted by more than scoring by distance.
> 
> Of course some cases will not fall neatly into either. I see a fair amount
> of spam attempts from Central American nations, most of which fall within
> the distance span of covered by most points in Canada to most points
> within the US, so distance filtering is less helpful, and Central America
> isn't a continent but a region of North America.
> 
> Lets say I was providing mail services for diverse users across Canada and
> the U.S.; I likely would not use distance filtering to deal with South
> America (hello Brazil, you shimmering sun-baked source of tons of spam)
> but continent filtering certainly would save me from maintaining a lengthy
> list of country ranks including CL, AR, PE, UY and others.
> 
> In my case I know I would quickly implement continent support and might
> later dabble with distance but suspect that continent and countries would
> be most helpful.
> 
btw: Did you use the Geo::IP patch from policyd-weight page or did you coded 
one by yourself? If so: Care to post a patch or what you have done?


// Steve
> 
> 
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