on Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 11:22:14PM +0200, martin f krafft (madduck@debian.org) wrote: > Is anyone using the rfc-ignorant RBL? I have seen Karsten and Baloo > report there, but testing it out right now, I immediately discovered > that > > - amazon.com does not accept postmaster@ > - aol.com does not accept abuse@ > > Thus I am wondering: is this at all useful? dsn.rfc-ignorant.org > seems to be, but blocking aol.com and amazon.com would be a little > harsh because I doubt that the decision fuckheads there would ever > consider to change it. Appropriate use of *any* RBL is for use in a weighted assessment of spamminess. I prefer use within a system that scores for appropriateness of the metric, such as SpamAssassin. If you have an interest in promoting standards, you can, of course, explicitly reject mail based on the RFC-Ignorant RBL itself. While I wouldn't recommend this for a general-traffic, common-carrier site, its the sort of policy which might work well on a domain for which standards compliance is a high priority. The issue is, after all, correctable. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? NPR: Radio for between the ears: http://www.npr.org/
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