Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 19:39:53 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Jim Trigg <jtrigg@spamcop.net> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: blacklist(s) Message-ID: <20040516023953.GC70076@tao.thought.org> In-Reply-To: <2147483647.1084576828@[192.168.1.3]> References: <20040515005503.GA9224@tao.thought.org> <2147483647.1084576828@[192.168.1.3]>
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On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 11:20:28PM -0400, Jim Trigg wrote: > --On Friday, May 14, 2004 5:55 PM -0700 Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> > wrote: > > > Any thoughts on spamcop.com? > > AFAIK, you mean spamcop.net (from what I can tell, spamcop.com does not > have a blacklist, just a reporting feature and an ad for a Windows-based > spam blocking program. > > The spamcop.net blacklist is somewhat controversial; some people find it > too prone to false positives. I personally won't use it to bounce mail, > just to mark mail as suspected spam. > Thanks for the data-point. I backed off when I saw that spamcop.com was (1) for Doze clients and (2) wanted bux. If spamcop.net has a lot of false positives, then it's a no-go. People I've known for years were seriously pissed when their mail was 550'd. --Of course they had no clue. Here at least we're mostly techies... . gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix
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