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Yes, it'd sound great! That and whitelist_from_spf entries (arriving shortly) ;) However we'd want to ensure we can get it into the main distro, btw, and I'm not sure we've figured out the ins-and-outs of putting SARE stuff into the SpamAssassin main distro (with CLAs and all that). or have we? - --j. Robert Menschel writes: > Saturday, March 5, 2005, 11:40:54 PM, Matt wrote: > > MK> If you really need a whitelist, use whitelist_from_rcvd entries, > MK> ... > > I've been using William Stearns' compiled blacklist available at > http://www.stearns.org/sa-blacklist/sa-blacklist.current.cf and have > contributed to it from time to time. > > I'm wondering whether it'd be worth while to have a similar file of > contributed whitelist entries (whitelist_from_rcvd rules), contributed > by the community, maintained by one or two people, and available to > the community. > > The purpose would be to provide reliable (non-abusable) whitelist > records for common vendors, newsletters, and other sources of email > whose content can sometimes cause false positives (such as when a > Wasington Post newsletter mentions events in Nigeria, drug use, and > advances in high-end time keeping apparel all in the same issue). > > It can also help web site admins receive admin emails from their hosts > and domain name registrars, without those emails being flagged as spam > by search engine spam rules and others. > > Some sample rules I've collected: > > whitelist_from_rcvd [EMAIL PROTECTED] kundenserver.de > whitelist_from_rcvd [EMAIL PROTECTED] aa.com > whitelist_from_rcvd [EMAIL PROTECTED] americangreetings.com > whitelist_from_rcvd [EMAIL PROTECTED] cnn.com > whitelist_from_rcvd [EMAIL PROTECTED] agiliti.net > whitelist_from_rcvd insurance.ca.gov agiliti.net > whitelist_from_rcvd [EMAIL PROTECTED] nordstrom.com > whitelist_from_rcvd [EMAIL PROTECTED] nordstrom.com > whitelist_from_rcvd [EMAIL PROTECTED] workman.com > whitelist_from_rcvd [EMAIL PROTECTED] hallmark.com > whitelist_from_rcvd [EMAIL PROTECTED] hallmark.com > whitelist_from_rcvd [EMAIL PROTECTED] freelance-2.unknowndns.net > > Do others think this type of collection might be worth while? > > Is anyone else already providing this type of collection? > > If Yes to the first, and No to the second, would such a collection > maintained within SARE, with contributions from the entire community, > be of interest? > > Bob Menschel -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh CVS iD8DBQFCLKyoMJF5cimLx9ARAosNAJ9C9zB6dVTG8w6e9yDSt2xW8FM5YgCePvaJ HeeW/ir4CQyk/ccjLrM5Q4A= =mkpS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
