[SPAM-TAG] [SURBL-Discuss] Lots of new questionable URL, redirectors

[Jeff Chan]

On Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 4:40:28 AM, opencomputing opencomputing wrote:

>>Some of these may be minor redirection sites being abused.
>>
>>One operator of such a site contacted us bemoaning the abuse and
>>also contemplating shutting it down due to it.
>>  
>>
> If only these URL redirectors checked the target URL in URIBL/SURBL the 
> first time it gets submitted and also during the runtime, every time it 
> gets accessed, it should reduce the problem immensely. I guess plain 
> laziness to combat spam ain't going to work ;)

> cheers,
> skar.

Some of the redirection sites do use SURBL data to check whether
the sites should be allowed:

  http://www.surbl.org/redirect.html

Jeff C.
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