RFC: Removing example.com as a testpoint (Was: Re:
[SURBL-Discuss] Re: No install Problems with 0.10)
Kelsey Cummings
kgc at sonic.net
Tue Apr 20 01:24:03 CEST 2004
On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 08:37:23PM -0700, Jeff Chan wrote:
> On Monday, April 19, 2004, 8:28:08 PM, Justin Mason wrote:
> > Jeff Chan writes:
> >> On Monday, April 19, 2004, 5:04:43 PM, Kelsey Cummings wrote:
> >> >> Otherwise I will probably change "example.com" to
> >> >> "surbl-org-permanent-test-point.com", and document and announce
> >> >> the change.
> >>
> >> > Perhaps just 'test.test.sa.surbl.org' ?
> >>
> >> > Nothing wrong with that, and I'm pretty sure that 'test' will never be a
> >> > GTLD.
>
> > I would suggest using a known TLD. I could imagine SpamAssassin
> > or another product, if they don't already, including optimisations
> > to avoid querying on things that *look* like URLs but can't possibly
> > be; and putting in a special case for SURBL would be a bit silly
> > if we can avoid it.
>
> That was my inclination too. A real TLD with a fake domain
> should be the most "standard"... for an obscured domain. :-)
Then, my suggestion would be something inside the surbl domain. Otherwise
there is a risk (albeit remote) that someone could register the domain and
have a problem.
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