-------- Original-Nachricht -------- > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 > 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus > on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Dspam-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspam-user -- GRATIS für alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Dspam-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspam-user
