On Sunday, June 5, 2005, 12:44:51 PM, Robert Menschel wrote:
Hello Jeff,
Three more whitelist.cf entries:
whitelist_from_rcvd *@*.citibank.com citibankcards.com Citi Bank / Citi Cards http://www.citibank.com http://www.citicards.com
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Two more whitelist entries, added to the list today.
whitelist_from_rcvd psa@lists.serversmiths.com serversmiths.com pARTy/SCIENCE Announcements http://listservices.serversmiths.com references: http://www.WED2005.org http://artintoaction.org http://www.fortmason.org http://www.ciis.edu http://www.greencenturyinstitute.org
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Hi Bob, Thanks for those. All look reasonably legitimate so I've whitelisted them all. Looks like banks and artists mostly.
Of the 55 domains mentioned, 14 were already whitelisted and none were blacklisted. nipc.gov does not resolve and some of the commercial mailers like bluehornet.com, bigfootinteractive.com, equifax and NCR might be slightly spammy, but they probably also have legitimate uses, so they're probably appropriate for our whitelists.
Regarding subscribing to newsletters and harvesting the sites mentioned, something appearing in a newsletter is not automatically whitelist material. It's conceivably possible for a spam gang domain to sneak onto a legitimate newsletter, though it seems to happen almost never.
Regardless, all domains need to be checked before they're whitelisted, and they should also be checked before they're blacklisted at least on any manual lists.
Jeff C.