At 1:53 PM -0400 5/31/03, Bill Cole wrote: >I really have not encountered that mentality in the operators of The >One And Only RBL (i.e. MAPS) or in the operators of other widely >used DNSBL's aside from SPEWS, SpamCop and NJABL.
Have you ever been added to MAPS? They added an entire class B address range for Flashcom DSL to the DUL while I was using Flashcom. All non-portable, many with rDNS entries. Getting them to treat me as anything but a scummy spammer was difficult. I discussed it on this list here: http://mail.stalker.com/Lists/SIMS/Message/10242.html This lousy experience with the so-called professionals kept me from using any RBLs for the next 3 years. I don't know if it's typical, but it wasn't inspiring, especially given the hit rate in our 2000 MAPs RBL test (0 spam and 2 legit mail stopped. No batting average calculated, div by zero error). In the last few months, we've started using some of (what we hope are) the less-badly run lists, but I am still highly skeptical. Currently we catch a dozen or so a day, 75% for a single user who is not careful with his address. No false positives yet, which is an improvement. My current list is sbl.spamhaus.org "See http://spamchaus.org"; cn-kr.blackholes.us "See http://blackholes.us"; russia.blackholes.us "See http://blackholes.us"; nigeria.blackholes.us "See http://blackholes.us"; dialups.relays.osirusoft.com "See http://relays.osirusoft.com"; socks.relays.osirusoft.com "See http://relays.osirusoft.com"; I thought the osirusoft.com lists were spews free, but if anyone thinks they're trouble and has other dialup/socks BLs that they think are well run, I'd be willing to entertain them. I am much more interested in a well-run list than a list that is comprehensive but insane. -- 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]>
