> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ramprasad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 7:08 AM
> To: Marc Perkel
> Cc: John Andersen; spamassassin-users
> Subject: Re: New DNS Black list, White List, Yellow List
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> > An ISP wpuld never be whitelisted anyhow. Whitelisting is for things
> > like banks and other institutions and organizations that produce no
> > spam. Yellowlisting is for ISPs so that they don't accidentally get
> > blacklisted. SPF is useless because few are using it due to the fact
> > that it just doesn't work.
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> I too agree with your idea that we should start looking for
> ham in mails
> rather than looking for spam. This approach would help us tackle spam
> much more aggressively.
Aren't we dealing with a boolean data set? Its either spam or ham. Which you train your software to look for doesn't really matter.
Speaking from URIBL work:
1) Yes you need logins to identify users. And you need a group of great people in the project.
2) Certain listings do need expiration times.
3) Delist request take up FAR more time then listings. Be ready to handle those.
4) The word "White" sends spammers frothing at the mouth. They will attempt to game your setup.
5) You need a whole infrastructure of mirrors if it goes real world live.
6) The hatred of the NY Yankees by Red Sox fans is ever increasing.
I wish you the best of luck in the project.
Chris Santerre
SysAdmin and SARE/URIBL ninja
http://www.uribl.com
http://www.rulesemporium.com
