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

On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:46:20 +0100 Ian Eiloart <iane@???> wrote

> --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.
>

More a paying centralised SPF database. At first glance it seems quite a rip
off.