Re: [exim] Emailreg.org - have you seen this?

Dave Pooser wrote:
>> Was thinking about trying it out. The query is a little weird.
>>
>
> Be aware that this is a pay-to-get-listed reputation service that happens to
> (a) ensure that you won't be listed by the Barracuda DNSBL and (b) be
> secretly operated by Barracuda. This trips my personal sleaze-o-meter in a
> big way; your mileage may vary. See
> <http://www.email-ethics.com/2009/01/emailregorg-project.html>
> <http://zacharyozer.blogspot.com/2008/10/worst-engineers-ever.html>
> <http://www.debian-administration.org/users/simonw/weblog/295>
> for more information.
>

I think that many people in the spam filtering world just don't
understand the concept of a white list. White means pass it. Not white
means unknown - not spam. It looks to me like it's totally about white
listing.