linux-kernel - RE: bogofilter ate 3/5

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Message-ID: <08b101c6d2a4$04f74020$294b82ce@stuartm>
Date:	Thu, 7 Sep 2006 13:35:31 -0400
From:	"Stuart MacDonald" <stuartm@...necttech.com>
To:	"'Chase Venters'" <chase.venters@...entec.com>
Cc:	"'Krzysztof Halasa'" <khc@...waw.pl>, <ellis@...nics.net>,
	"'Willy Tarreau'" <w@....eu>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: bogofilter ate 3/5

From: Chase Venters [mailto:chase.venters@...entec.com] 
> highly ironic that spam blocker services tell you not to use certain 
> techniques (autoresponders, bounce messages) that are not only 
> commonplace, but precedented and even mandated by RFC on the 
> grounds that 
> they may cause you to be blocked. Then they move on to 
> criticize anti-spam 
> techniques that fall in these domains with one of their 
> subpoints saying 
> 'they can cause you to miss legitimate mail!'
> 
> Guess what: so does indiscriminately blocking people whose 
> sites don't bow 
> down to your unreasonable demands, especially when their 
> behavior (say, 
> sending bounce messages) is described in the official protocol 
> documentation.

I will assume you are referring to SpamCop. Their service does not
behave the way you think it does:
http://forum.spamcop.net/forums/index.php?autocom=custom&page=whatis
Read the paragraph: "SpamCop works exactly like the credit reporting
agencies..."

..Stu

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