On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Justin Mason said: > Folks -- > > just to add to this thread of absurd spam filtering. > > Without naming names -- if you're going to mail me directly, and you're > blocking all mail from .ie using one of those country code blacklists,
*boggle* *boggle* *boggle* WHY?! > I strongly doubt that blocking > all mail from Ireland (a) reduces your spam load one iota Pretty much exactly one iota. Out of 3899 spams in my spambox right now, I have two that claim to come from .ie, one from yahoo.ie and one from iol.ie. For comparison, I have 73 that claim to come from various .uk domains other than my own, 5 that claim to come from .za, and 2321 that come from .com. Judging by this random sample of TLDs, it looks like .ie should be carefully left unblocked while everything else is blocked; the only less spam-named TLDs I've found are .gov (one spam), .mil (none), and .in-addr.arpa. :) -- `That sound you hear is configure wailing, "MY PRECIOUSSSSSSSS!" as it overwrites Multilib with Primary.' --- Phil Edwards ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
