On Friday, September 10, 2004, 5:57:03 PM, Jeff Chan wrote:
From: Frank Ellermann [mailto:nobody@xyzzy.claranet.de]
Sometimes your criteria appear to be a bit obscure for me. Of course some people may love a "joke of the day" mail - that's okay, if they like it they won't report it as spam.
But others don't like any unsolicited jokes, and they would report it as spam. In that case the joke-of-the-day site _is_ spamming, and it's okay to list them. Even if they also have some real fans with a "legit" interest in their joke of the day. In that case you can't avoid a collateral damage, whatever you do. Bye, Frank
Yes, collateral damage is easily avoided. Don't list them.
Should we ***block everyone else's use*** of the Joke of the day domain? I don't think so.
Remember, the goal is to include domains that *only appear in spams*, and to exclude domains that appear in hams. I think that's very clear and simple, not at all obscure. :-)
If we include every domain that anyone has ever considered spam, our data will be too full of false positives for other people to use it. It will basically be useless.
But if we include domains that everyone agrees is spam, such as the pill spammers, warez spammers, etc. then we will have data everyone can use safely.
I hope this is somewhat clear.
Jeff C.