i think it's safe to say that filters and blacklists are of limited
use because of instances of variation and forgery.
also both systems are potential problems if they are administrated by
the isp as opposed to the end user.
if they are to be used it is important the the end users have the
option of NOT using filters and blacklists. this is another aspect of
*consent* that many people are overlooking.
there's no point in stopping spam if the email system is made
unreliable- and that is exactly what filters and blacklists are
doing. its not a practical long term solution, more like the
ubiquitous ms "hot fix" so it shouldn't be foisted onto email users.
As stated previously I'm willing to leave those aspects to market
forces. I'm also willing to sign on to a best-practices publication
which recommends that the end user be informed, in some detail of what
is being done in his name for upstream filtering, as well as the option
to opt-out of such filtering. However, I suspect that such items are
uncontroversial.
--
J C Lawrence
---------(*) Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas.
claw(_at_)kanga(_dot_)nu He lived as a devil, eh?
http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live.
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