25 Oct
2004
25 Oct
'04
11:40 p.m.
On Monday, October 25, 2004, 3:46:58 PM, Bret Miller wrote:
Having a URIBL that hits some ham means that I may, as with other rules, have to whitelist more senders. OTOH, not having one means that users will receive more spam, which is complained about far more here than FPs.
The problem with FPs is that they may prevent a message from ever arriving. Absent a telephone call or some other communication, a falsely blocked legitimate message may never get discovered. FPs are far more damaging than false negatives (spam that gets through undetected). Therefore it's much better to get a little spam than to get legitimate messages blocked.
Jeff C. -- "If it appears in hams, then don't list it."