On 16-Dec-2009, at 07:12, Bowie Bailey wrote: > uses. The only thing that really matters is how effective they are. If > a blacklist blocks spammers without blocking too many legitimate mails, > use it. If a whitelist allows legitimate mail without sending through > too many spams, use it. Even lists that have a fair number of false > hits are useful in SA -- just with lower scores.
The trouble with this is how often are these rules being re-examined and re-evaluated? Not that often. HABEAS has been through three iterations since those rules were set at −4 and −8. What is enabled by default should be the safest possible settings. Relying on a third party that is in the spam business to make money doesn't seem very prudent to me, especially when it might be 5 years before the scores in the default config are evaluated again. And that doesn't even take into account the glacial speed at which most people upgrade their systems. We still see questions here for SA 3.1 and earlier. (Whatever you think of HABEAS they ARE in the SPAM business and they are in it to make money). -- He wasn't good or evil or cruel or extreme in any way but one, which was that he had elevated greyness to the status of a fine art and cultivated a mind that was as bleak and pitiless and logical as the slopes of Hell. --The Light Fantastic
