Re: Bad feelings about SpamCop in alt.sysadmin.recovery

On Tue, 9 May 2006 14:30:54 -0700, Phillip Remaker wrote:

> Unfortunately, they have a point.  I am about to stop using bl.spamcop.net 
> since it routinely lists reputable ISPs like GMAIL and Earthlink and block a 
> lot of legitimate mail because of it.

Not even the SpamCop directions for use of the SCBL recommend using the
SCBL to actually block servers. The recommended use of the SCBL is as a
scoring system. Usually in conjunction with something like SpamAssassin,
where the SCBL, itself, won't cause a rejection, but will add points to
an overall threshold, above which email is tagged as "possible spam".

If you don't know how to use the tool properly, you _will_ injure
yourself.

-- 
Norman
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