Marc, please don't mis-read. Honestly, it was a simple question. Is the list from your own observation, or from user submissions? It's that simple. The rest is just why it may not work for us in it's present form!
Marc Perkel wrote: > > > Dave Koontz wrote: >> Marc, how do you arrive at your list, through user submission or your >> own >> observation? I notice the list is mostly void of any .EDU >> organizations. >> As you probably know, .EDU domain registration is restricted to only >> those >> meeting certain criteria and must go through EduCause -- see >> http://www.educause.edu/edudomain/international.asp >> >> Obviously, as a .EDU domain, a substantial part of our legitimate >> traffic is >> to and from various .EDU domains. It would seem that at present your >> idea >> for reverse lookup matching to your whitelist would not work for us. >> >> >> > > Before you all start criticizing the list I admit that it's not > perfect. The concept behind having such a list is sound and once the > concept is coded then people smarter than me can create a far better > list. >