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Subject: Re: Listserver registry? (was Re: AOL Situation Resolved)
From: Tim Pierce <twp @ rootsweb . com>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 15:24:07 -0500
To: "David L. Potter" <potter @ chebucto . ns . ca>
Cc: List-Managers @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <Pine.SOL.3.90.991119140311.3740H-100000@halifax.chebucto.ns.ca>
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On Fri, Nov 19, 1999 at 02:09:10PM -0400, David L. Potter wrote:
> 
> In some respects this idea is being wildly 'overbuilt'. Only one or two 
> percent of mailing lists generate enough volume to trip AOL's spam 
> filters...
> 
> >From our site only 3-4 lists would need to register.
> 
> Admittedly the threasholds might start to be lowered but as a start this 
> could be managed with relatively little impact.... it's only if AOL or 
> some other sites spam filter is tripped that a lookup needs to be done 
> anyway.

I should think that the idea could be 80% achieved just by making
the spam filters default to ignoring mail that was clearly generated
by a well-known MLM (majordomo, LISTSERV or whatever).  Black-hat
filters could be added for rogue list servers or mail with forged
mailing list patterns.

-- 
Regards,
Tim Pierce
RootsWeb.com lead system admonsterator
and Chief Hacking Officer


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