Author: W B Hacker Date: To: exim users Subject: Re: [exim] My DNS Spam and White Lists - Feeding me data
Marc Perkel wrote:
> So - who wants to try feeding the system data? That helps make the
> system more accurate for everyone. To feed me data you need to run a
> small bash script that I will provide you all it does is send a string
> to a port on my server.
>
> To report a spam you run ip-report spam 1.2.3.4
>
> To report a nonspam you run: ip-report ham 5.6.7.8
>
> The idea being that you report only those that you are highly confident
> in. Since the system runs on totals and percentages it can take some
> error and still be accurate. I am especially interested in the nonspam
> reports as this helps keep the blacklists accurate.
>
Marc,
In case you have been reading only selectively, several folks have responded
with rather less-than impressive results in first-round tests.
The early indicators are that best-case, your lists duplicate well-known acl
tests or other established and trusted RBL.
Worst case, they return irrelevant data, or support actions not beneficial.
JMNSHO, but I see that as a conceptual or 'scoring' issue, not a lack of
sufficient data.
Missing a white/yellow/black entry is 'invisible' to some parts of a testing phase.
Serving up entries that do not add value - or worse- increase falsing, won't be
alleviated by more entries.
It is better *accuracy* and a reduction in duplication of other RBL in the
entries you DO have that is needed.
Otherwise, one would be ahead to concatenate several of the present top-scoring
RBL's and be done with it.
