On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 03:28:59PM -0400, Ben Boulanger wrote: > On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Bruce Dawson wrote: > > So, if your system is coopted by a spam worm, then your system is dead as > > far as these RBLs and internet mail is concerned. Even if you use virus > > protection. Even if you get rid of the open proxy. You can never get off > > their lists. > > That's rediculous and, in my mind, harms their legitimacy. Look at the > XBL... no one uses them anymore because they're pointlessly arrogant about > their service - a breed heading for extinction.
This is why I love spamassassin - RBL entries are only one of a series of tests to see if something should be marked as spam. -Mark
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