> Reality is, OSRB is too aggressive, even with their "Spam Source"
> database, and thus are worthless for anything but flagging headers.
Let's hope their new databases are better. It's a bit too early to tell for sure.
Although, I've already received an E-mail from a list that I asked to be on that was
tagged by one of their databases, so the new ones may be as stringent as the old ones.
> And since 99% of end users are not tech savvy enough to start
> processing headers...!
Then maybe something in the subject ("ORBS:") or the first line of the E-mail. In
reality, I think a lot of people learn to use the rules in their mail client. The
non-computer-literate people I've talked to about spam hate it -- and would likely be
willing to learn how to do filtering. Then again, I personally wouldn't filter mail
from ORBS (but I do like to know that it is listed). I can't afford to lose business
E-mail. But, for my personal mail, I might add a "Spam" mailbox, and move stuff in
there, and just check it every few weeks.
I think everyone is pretty much agreed that deleting or blocking mail from servers
listed in any of the ORBS databases is an extreme action, but that notifying the
recipient somehow is a good idea if done right.
--
-Scott
Declude: Anti-virus and Anti-spam solutions for IMail. http://www.declude.com
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