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

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Author: Ian Eiloart
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To: Marc Perkel, Dave Pooser
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Emailreg.org - have you seen this?


--On 7 April 2009 22:39:19 -0700 Marc Perkel <marc@???> wrote:

>
>
> 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.


Isn't this technically equivalent to SPF? Which is also useful for
whitelisting, but may break forwarding when used for blacklisting.

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