At 6:51 PM +0000 2/17/02, Steve Linford wrote: > From Michael Croft, received 17/2/02, 11:12 am -0600 (GMT): >> At 8:41 AM -0800 2/17/02, Robert Ameeti wrote: >>>>Wouldn't it be nice if account owners could turn anti-spam filters >>>>on and off themselves, remotely, just as they can change their own >>>>password? >>> >>>No. >>> >> No, but for different reasons. >> >> In our test runs of various RBLs (more than a month for each), they stopped >> exactly two pieces of mail, both legitimate, from personal contacts of our >> users. > >I assume you mean "in addition to stopping a truckload of spam, they >also stopped 2 legit emails", if not I have to wonder which DNSBLs >you were using. > no, I mean it stopped no spam and 2 legit mails. period. About a dozen spam got through. SIMS has several tools for stopping spam, and I use almost all of them. I just won't use a RBL. The results are only as good as the inputs and the inputs are done by people I just don't trust.
>Currently there are a lot of new blocklists around, some of which are >badly run, some of which intentionally want high collateral damage to >force the ISPs customer to revolt, and some of which are actually >people's personal lists put online and are so aggressive that even >the person publishing the list doesn't use it... If you're not sure >of a list then stick with the MAPS lists as they have a long track >record of being responsibly run. > >> RBLs have a history of being run by cranks and or kooks with personal >> agendas (that do not coincide with my own). Non-spammers get added to the >> various lists for reasons that not even the list owners will explain. > >You're referring to ORBS, which was one list only. One of two commonly available at the time. The run in we had was with MAPS, actually. Their guilty until proven innocent model actually disenchanted me. ORBS had similar issues, but never blacklisted me personally. From what I hear, MAPS was much better than ORBS, which makes me even more certain that none of it is well done. -- Michael Croft http://www.whiterose.org/michael SAM: It's 106 miles to the Crack of Doom. We've got a magic ring, two daggers, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses FRODO: Hit it. ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
