On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, at 2:16pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks everyone for your valued opinions and recommendations of black > lists.
People are right that blacklists are operated by "vigilantes". Of course, what they don't mention is that *everything* on the Internet is operated by vigilantes. The Internet is a community network. No one person, company, or organization controls it. Get used to not being in control. :) *Anyway*, more pragmatically: Blacklists can be useful. You just need to understand how they work. Some are actually fairly good. Some are kinda okay. Many are complete crap. You need to carefully choose the blacklists you use. And you need to watch whatever blacklists you choose to make sure they don't devolve. Most importantly, matching a blacklist should never be sufficient to block a message. A good anti-spam system will incorporate a weighted-scoring mechanism, so that multiple criteria, of different weights, can be considered, to produce a cumulative score. Very high scores (obvious spam) can then be deleted, while medium scores can be flagged, sent to a "Possible Spam" folder, or whatever. -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do | | not represent the views or policy of any other person or organization. | | All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
