On Fri, Nov 19, 1999 at 02:09:10PM -0400, David L. Potter wrote:
>
> In some respects this idea is being wildly 'overbuilt'. Only one or two
> percent of mailing lists generate enough volume to trip AOL's spam
> filters...
>
> >From our site only 3-4 lists would need to register.
>
> Admittedly the threasholds might start to be lowered but as a start this
> could be managed with relatively little impact.... it's only if AOL or
> some other sites spam filter is tripped that a lookup needs to be done
> anyway.
I should think that the idea could be 80% achieved just by making
the spam filters default to ignoring mail that was clearly generated
by a well-known MLM (majordomo, LISTSERV or whatever). Black-hat
filters could be added for rogue list servers or mail with forged
mailing list patterns.
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Regards,
Tim Pierce
RootsWeb.com lead system admonsterator
and Chief Hacking Officer
