On 2004-07-01 08:29:40 +0100 Matt Parker matt@mpcontracting.co.uk wrote:
However, I disagree with your views on blacklists. For me, they have (almost totally) solved the spam problem. [...]
They can (almost totally) solve the incoming email problem too if you use them as a simple block instead of part of a scoring system.
blackhole.securitysage.com, rhsbl.sorbs.net, bl.sorbs.net, dnsbl.sorbs.net, and bl.spamcop.net.
sorbs.net often seems to include the mail relays of large ISPs in its DUL. Their honeypot list is very broad-brush too (/32 at best) and doesn't give enough information for an ISP to be able to act against the spammer easily. I think both of those get included into dnsbl.sorbs.net, so beware: I frequently kick its users off of mailing lists when they get it wrong and start bouncing legitimate email back to me.
I think others have said far more than I can about spamcop.net. It was useful once, but now avoid it.
Are securitysage.com serious? As one possible method for delisting, they give "A friendly girl with a sexy voice manages to find the telephone number for one of the (single) male technical support representatives [...]"