I would REMOVE spinpalace only. Do not whitelist. Place on watch list. I agree with your other whitelists.
-----Original Message----- From: Jeff Chan [mailto:jeffc@surbl.org] Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 4:53 AM To: SURBL Discuss Cc: postmaster@outblaze.com Subject: Re: [SURBL-Discuss] FP help please
On Sunday, August 22, 2004, 10:18:03 PM, Jeff Chan wrote:
Can I get some research help in deciding which of the following FPs to whitelist?
OK I did some of my own research and whitelisted most of these:
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 10:06:57 -0400 From: John Lundin lundin@cavtel.net To: SURBL Discussion list discuss@lists.surbl.org Subject: [SURBL-Discuss] more possible FPs (2 OB, 4 WS and 2 DS)
Eight possible FPs. These were taken from items reported as
non-spam.
The "nanas" number is raw matches on the domain from google groups. Use your own judgement...
OB: www.mercenariesthegameMUNGED.com (nanas 0) mentioned in a lucasarts review
Apparently a LucasArts game. Lucas are probably not spammers. Whitelisting:
thx.com lucasfilm.com lucasarts.com mercenariesthegame.com
OB: www.jmiequityMUNGED.com (nanas 0) mentioned in a Dow Jones newsletter The original wasn't caught by OB, but it shows up now.
A stock fund of an investment company whose original domain was registered in 1995. Probably not spammers. Whitelisting:
jmi-inc.com jmiequity.com
WS: Wireless.VentureReporterMUNGED.net (nanas 9) A stock newsletter. I checked back: it really had been subscribed to.
Belongs to Dow Jones. Unlikely to be spammers. Whitelisting:
dowjones.com siliconalleydaily.com venturereporter.net
WS: nmailerMUNGED.com (nanas 36) Design center newsletter. http://ellington.nmailerMUNGED.com/mailman/listinfo/dtgnews
Belongs to graphics design folks with a 1995 domain registration. Whitelisting:
graphic-design.com graphic-design.net nmailer.com
WS: www.imakenewsMUNGED.com (nanas 42) organization newsletter. http://www.imakenewsMUNGED.com/cabf/ (+ cleaned user tracking) imakenews makes me nervous... intrusive html.
Whitelisting; 1999 registration:
imakenews.com
WS: ntcrMUNGED.us (nanas 43, some similar) Jupitermedia Web Events. (origin of mailing list -- appearance in unsubscribe disclaimer) (Site won't display for me, insufficiently motivated to
find out why
it said "Your Web browser must have cookies enabled" regardless.)
Belongs to netcreations.com. Are they a spamhaus?
DS: surveyhelp.harrispollonlineMUNGED.com (nanas 19) http://www.harrispollonlineMUNGED.com/sweeps.asp (sigh) yes, they subscribed to it.
Legitimate pollsters. Whitelisting:
harrisinteractive.com harrispollonline.com
DS: www.winxpnewsMUNGED.com (nanas 42) http://www.winxpnewsMUNGED.com/issues.cfm Single reference in a tech newsletter...
Looks like a legitimate tech newsletter. Whitelisting:
winxpnews.com
The next domains were in WS:
Date: Saturday, August 21, 2004, 12:37:45 PM Subject: fps
bridgetrack.com (used by nytimes.com)
Looks like a legitimate web tracking operation. Whitelisting:
planninggroup.com bridgetrack.com
Some of their tracking image URIs may have appeared in spams but it's probably from citi phishers copying them from real messages.
Comments?
elabs.com (EASTERN LABORATORIES INC.)
1995 registration, whitelisting:
elabs.com
mfcreative.com (ancestry.com/myfamily.com/rootsweb.com,
Genealogy ad)
Looks legit. Whitelisting:
myfamily.net myfamilyinc.com mfcreative.com
secureserver.net (in message containing godaddy.com)
Used by legitimate registrars like dotster and godaddy. Whitelisting:
secureserver.net securepaynet.net
dnews.com (Moscow-Pullman Daily News)
Small local newspaper in Idaho. Probably not a major spammer. Whitelisting:
dnews.com
spinpalace.com (appeared in xe.com currency update mailing list)
Online casino. Appears in marginally spammy places. Does anyone have any info about them?
It would be nice to distribute some of the work of checking FPs in future.
WS and OB folks may want to remove some of these ones from their respective lists, and/or share their research with us.
Jeff C.
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