I do not wish to become involved in this whole debate, in particular as I think it is somewhat idiotic to seek to bring the whole Politically Correct debate to inanimate objects such as computers or software programs.
However, I would like to say just one thing. Before jumping on the hobbyhorse of self-righthousness about refusing to use “whitelist”/“blacklist”, perhaps you would do well to spend a few minutes on your favourite search engine researching the entymology of such terms. The origin of blacklist, for example, has nothing to do with the race of human beings... Oxford Dictionary suggested origin: The true peace-maker: laid forth in a sermon before his Majesty at Theobalds written by the Bishop of Norwich, Joseph Hall, in 1624: "Ye secret oppressors,..ye kind drunkards, and who euer come within this blacke list of wickednesse." There are also additional origins originating from the 1500's, with the term "blackball". Whereby a ball of black colour was placed in a container as a means of recording a negative vote. A similar mechanism was used in gentleman's clubs well into the 20th century, whereby a list of prospective club members was affixed to a wall and negative votes were recorded through small circles drawn in black ink against a person's name. Three black circles and you would not make it in. It then only stands to reason that "whitelist" came to being as the obvious antonym to "blacklist". ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Saturday, 6 June 2020 13:55, Ian Evans <dheianev...@gmail.com> wrote: > Food for thought from the co-author of OAuth and oEmbed. How easy would it be > for Postfix/Postscreen configs/docs to, say, refer to allow/deny lists? > > Leah Culver (@leahculver) tweeted at 11:32 PM on Fri, Jun 05, 2020: > I refuse to use “whitelist”/“blacklist” or “master”/“slave” terminology for > computers. Join me. Words matter. > (https://twitter.com/leahculver/status/1269109776983547904?s=03)
