> -----Original Message----- > From: Dallas L. Engelken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:34 AM > To: SpamAssassin Users > Subject: RE: Proposal: First URI black list, how about email > address black lists? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Marc Perkel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:24 AM > > To: SpamAssassin Users > > Subject: Proposal: First URI black list, how about email > address black > > lists? > > > > URI based black lists have been extremely effected in identifying > > spam. > > I propose another kind of black list. A list of email addresses > > embedded in the message body as replies to nigerian type spam and > > other spam where you are instructed to reply to the email > address in > > the message body. > > > > One thing about all spam is that the spammer wants you to do > > something. > > And it's what the spammer wants you to do that is the key to > > identifying spam. Most spam wants you to click on a link. > So the URI > > black lists work well because it catches the sites that > spammers link > > to. > > > > But - a lot of spam - like nigerian spam - wants you to reply to an > > email address in the message body in order to do what the spammer > > wants. > > So if there were a blacklist of email addresses that > spammers use as > > the place to reply then that would cut into the remaining spam > > significantly. If we can block email based on a real time list of > > email addresses within the body a whole new class of spam can be > > blocked with very high accuracy. > > > > Who likes this idea? > > > > This has been discussed many times, even on this list. I'd > recommend searching the archives and reading the thread on it > first. The only problem I have with it is that it would be > very manual, and address rotation per msg would be very easy > to defeat this. >
Well, the only thread on sa-users I found about this was from Dec 2005. http://www.nabble.com/A-thought-about-phone-numbers-and-URIBLs-t716464.h tml We had a thread on uribl staff list about this last July which we cross-posted to sare where loren brought up some good points. After a good discussion on it, it dropped off the radar as something that would take to much time and have very little impact. If anyone plans to move forward with this, I'd be willing to share our threads on it. Dallas
