RFC: Removing example.com as a testpoint (Was: Re: [SURBL-Discuss] Re: No install Problems with 0.10)

[Jeff Chan]

On Sunday, April 18, 2004, 3:23:20 PM, Jeff Chan wrote:
> On Wednesday, April 14, 2004, 2:30:40 PM, Jeff Chan wrote:
>> On Wednesday, April 14, 2004, 1:27:01 PM, Justin Mason wrote:
>>> Ah -- I've just realised, that will be a pretty big problem ;)

>>> Jeff, can we change that to another domain? example.com is widely used for
>>> the purpose it's intended for, an "example domain" to use in example URLs,
>>> example email addrs, example whatever.  Adding it to SURBL as the test
>>> domain means that it now gets another, unpleasant meaning -- a good way
>>> to get your mail into the spam folder.  I don't think that'll be 
>>> a good side-effect. :(

>>> Something more like the GTUBE ( http://SpamAssassin.org/gtube/ ) -- ie
>>> a domain that doesn't already exist and is not going to crop up for other
>>> reasons.  Something like http://surbl-org-permanent-test-point.com/ ?

>> Hi Justin,
>> Good point.  We added example.com by request, and we've just had
>> another request for example.tld.  [...]

>> HOWEVER, *other RBLs* are not used to block on message bodies and
>> example.com is unlikely to be used as a sender domain.   But it
>> could appear in a message body URI as someone's example.

> Does anyone have any other comments on the issue of removing
> example.com or changing it to something really obscure like
> the http://surbl-org-permanent-test-point.com/ which Justin
> suggested above.  If I don't hear any other feedback I'll go
> ahead and make that change Monday and announce it.

> This change will require people to update any test suites that
> are expecting example.com to be in the SURBL lists.

Are there any more comments on removing example.com from the
SURBL testpoints?

Otherwise I will probably change "example.com" to
"surbl-org-permanent-test-point.com", and document and announce
the change.

Please let me know if you have any objections or other comments.

Jeff C.