After reading the WOT site and the posts here. I think the best use for this is a dynamic trusted whitelist. For example I have my mail server and my gateway mail servers. My web servers that send out notices and our orderentry server that sends out emails. I would list all of these IPs in my WOT file. Now that I have done that. If another mail admin trusts my WOT file and if I add or remove a server I just update my WOT file and they automatically trust the new server. If I change providers and my IP block. I just update my WOT file. If the new block is in blacklists because it was previously held by a spammer. My mail would then have less of a chance of being deleted or held as spam. Also if the class C gets blacklisted due to another subnet in the the class C spamming. My mail would have a better chance of not being blocked.
It would also be advantagous for large providers to place there outbound mail sources in a WOT file or files based on how the server are used. They could have a WOT file for subscribers outboud delivery or confirmation notices. Kevin Bilbee > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of R. Scott Perry > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 3:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Web-o-Trust > > > > >What if a spammer get into the loop? and corrupts the shared > whitelist? is > >this possible? > > It can happen, but a spammer would have to do a lot of work for little > payout. They would have to get someone to trust them to get "in > the loop", > while not knowing how many people will trust them -- and not knowing how > quickly they may be omitted. One of the keys here is limiting how much > recursion can be done. For example, if you trust our WOT file, and those > of our customers, but none further -- then the only way a spammer can get > their IP whitelisted on your server is if *we* trust them. If you think > that the WOT system isn't going to attract spammers, you might > not want to > place any limits, so that if one of our customers trusts one of their > customers that trusts a friend of theirs who trusts a spammer, you can > always omit them. > > Then, with Declude JunkMail, you can use negative weighting, which would > make it even more difficult for a spammer to get their E-mail > through with WOT. > > >So Let me summarize the way I think this works. > > > >1) I setup a WOT file for my domain/server > >2) I whitelist entries the WOT file > >3) I link the WOT file to other trusted WOT files > >4) The linked WOTs have whitelisted items and linked WOT files > > I think that is right. :) > > The WOT file on your website is essentially a list of your IPs and people > you trust. Presumably, that's where you would start when creating a > list. The list would contain your IPs, and would include the people you > trust as well (and the people they trust, and so on), within the limits > that are given. > > Because of the "web" nature of this, there is no one specific starting > point, except for your own WOT file. We're linked to most of the people > who use Web-o-Trust, so by including us, you include them as > well. However, at this point, nobody knows about *your* WOT > file. So you > let us know the URL for your WOT file, and we add you to ours. > Since we're > linked to most of the people who use Web-o-Trust, when we add you, most > people will be whitelisting you as well (not everybody, though, because > some may omit us or you, or may have recursion limits that > prevent you from > being seen). > > > -Scott > --- > Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail mailservers. > Declude Virus: Catches known viruses and is the leader in mailserver > vulnerability detection. > Find out what you've been missing: Ask about our free 30-day evaluation. > > --- > [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. --- [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.
