> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marc Perkel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:09 AM
> To: jdow
> Cc: users@spamassassin.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Proposal: First URI black list, how about email address
> black lists?
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> jdow wrote:
> > From: "Dallas L. Engelken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > Dallas
> > <<jdow>> Directly answering his question - it is not
> infrequent these
> > days for the "answer" site to be part of a botnet, I
> understand. So a
> > blacklist would have to be bigevil.cf in size and then some.
> >
> > It'd be easier to simply click fraud the sites until the vendors who
> > commission the spam catch on and turn off the money up front.
> > {^_^}
> >
>
> OK - you guys are missing part of the idea. The idea is that there is
> some central database that is maintained for lookups sort of
> like razor
> and pyzor or spamcop, or the URI lists, etc. and you make a
> call to the
> central database to see if the email address in question is listed in
> it. If it is, then you have a spammer.
We have a hard enough time with tons of new domains in URIBL. Those cost money and IMHO a bit more steps to go thru to setup then an email address. I can't imagine trying to keep up with it. They would expire within hours.
Its a good thought, and ike Dallas has said, its been talked about. But sooo much work.
Also LOL @ jdow. "bigevil" is now an adjective ;)
--Chris
