blacklist(s)

[Gary Kline]

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 at 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

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