Talk:Comparison of DNS blacklists

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[edit] Expanding the list

Does anyone have any specific suggestions for expanding this list? Doesn't look that bad to me, and I couldn't find any mention of it at the 'articles for expansion' page. Wesley 19:05, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

I think the tag is OK. If someone knows a list (not his/her own, WP:COI) adding them to the list would be nice. Erik Warmelink 14:04, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] stats.dnsbl.com

The operator of that site seems to be quite forgiving for sloppy mailers (from How the data is compiled):

• This include may include some amount of backscatter. As best I can, I have set up filtering rules to eliminate backscatter and outscatter. However, there are so many different kinds that it’s difficult to programmatically prevent them from slipping into the spam feed.

  In my opinion, backscatter is spam, it is unsolicited bulk e-mail.

• Some mail is double opt-in (confirmed opt-in), and some is not.

  A mail source sending to N addresses which opted-in themselves and many more addresses which were "opted-in" by others (even if harvested by the sender), will still be considered ham.

• Senders that misuse addresses are removed from this feed and lose their “ham” status. However, since I did legitimately give them an address, I don’t usually redirect them into the “spam” feed.

  After unsubscribing, it would be spam (especially when considering the previous point).

All that said, the worst part is that the site doesn't consider one-to-few e-mail at all. It only considers marketing lists and no one-to-few e-mail at all. Erik Warmelink 14:04, 3 June 2007 (UTC)