On Thursday, October 14, 2004, 5:20:56 AM, Tony RT wrote:

[jeffc@surbl.org - Thu Oct 14 12:10:09 2004]:

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In this months Microsoft Security update mailout there is a domain mentioned in the credits, persiax.com. Web version includes the same domain...

Outblaze Postmaster, Can you tell us why persiax.com is listed?

Jeff,

If our spamtraps or our users report spam, we scan the body. If we find domains that are "new" in the body, the domain gets blocked.

persiax.com is now removed.

TonyB

Thanks Tony.

May I suggest that you consider checking a domain before listing it? Just because a few customers consider it spam doesn't necessarily mean other customers might not want to get it. I ask because there seem to be some legitimate sites getting onto your lists which some customers may legitimately want to get. For example none of the recent FPs have had to do with pills, mortgages, warez, etc.

Another recent example is browsehappy.com run by the Web Standards Project:

http://webstandards.org/act/campaign/happy/

which seem pretty unlikely to be professional or even casual spammers, no matter what users may report. Users are sometimes wrong, so data should be checked, IMO.

Jeff C. -- "If it appears in hams, then don't list it."