> > The project is to set up a dns server to list spam-vertised domain > > names, plus all of the opt-in services domain names. > > Right. And are you successfully updating the name server at this > point? This was some of the confusion: some people were giving > suggestions for DNS server APIs, others for DNS client functions.
Exactly, we have the program updating a name server, no problem there. > > > You point the program to this name server, look up the domain name, > > if it resolves, it's a spamvertised domain. > > So your program's client application needs to do a GetHostByName(), > like the RHSBL tests in Declude. Right again, but we want to use the native Windows API call, which we know is there, for a few different reasons. We will also want GetHostByAddr functionality incase we want to index spam-vertised IP numbers. Using DNS server appears to be the most scalable way to look these sites up and make the list available to the industry. Making the list available to the industry is the key. If people's email gets blocked industry wide because they spamvertised, then there's some deterant to "legitimate" businesses spamming, if that's not an oxymoran. We're thinking of paying for the server, bandwidth, maintence, headackes, etc. by fining spammers. If you want your domain name off the list you pay a $50 fine. Maybe three strikes and you're never off the list. Free service to the industry, make the spammers pay for it. Might pay for it, we'll see. > > Sounds like the COM objects for ASP, and either COM or direct API > calls for VB, will do the trick. Have all the bases been covered, > AFAYK? > > -Sandy > [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
