Derrick 'dman' Hudson <dman@dman13.dyndns.org> [2003:09:05:11:56:15-0400] scribed: > On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 10:27:56AM -0500, Michael D Schleif wrote: > > | I thought I'd confer with the list, in case I'm missing some > | rationale for this behaviour . . . > > The rationale is that certain large organizations have the resources > necessary to take legal action against forgers. The presumption, > then, is that spammers won't forge those domains for fear of legal > action against them. > > Whether or not that logic actually holds water is up for debate, but > that's the reason behind the default whitelist. (IMHO there isn't > really a need for whitelisting not to mention it is prone to false > positives particularly when the spammers have direct access to the > whitelist) > > -D Or, when ``certain large organizations'' actually engage in spamming ;> -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 877.596.8237 - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . --
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