On Fri, 4 Dec 2009, rich...@buzzhost.co.uk wrote:
..... the default for a spam filter should not be to give any weight to a white list unless the user modifies the config themselves specifically. It can be seen to be suspicious and offering a pecuniary advantage to those involved and using it.
If it turns out that the whitelists FAIL to deliver a sufficiently reliable 'standard' of only sending e-mails to confirmed double-opt-in recipients, then yes, SA should not 'favor' them. But if they offer a reliable way to judge mail as 'valid' (by which I mean that the recipient in their own sole judgement says "I wanted that") then I see no problem with scoring. But based on current examples (datetheuk) I have serious reservations that the practical reality meets this standard....
- Charles
