On Tuesday, June 29, 2004, 7:53:17 PM, Bob Apthorpe wrote: > There's a world of difference between actively and intentionally > providing connectivity and DNS services to spammers and having your > website referred to in a spam without your knowledge or consent.
Yes, and a service that blacklists both types equally at times is potentially less than fully useful. > Q: Why > aren't the Yahoo stock listing pages listed in the SURBL (anymore?) They have not been included since we whitelisted yahoo on day one, along with many other legitimate domains. > How > does one tell the spammer domains from innocents? Be careful when > bringing up consistent application of principles... ;-) It's true that gray hats are cause for consternation at times. I've whitelisted many domains for SURBLs that I would blacklist for personal use because they have some legitimate use. > Short answer - if you don't like what's listed in SPEWS, don't block > based on the their list. Certainly I don't. There are only 3 or 4 mail source RBLs I use on mail servers I set up: spamhaus, ordb, dsbl, ... > If you don't like their tactics, invent > something more effective. We believe we may have. Addressing the URIs advertised in spams is very direct, and RBLs are a good way to distribute and use the data. Jeff C. -- Jeff Chan mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.surbl.org/
