On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 11:07:59AM +0100, Brian Azzopardi wrote
Isn't this (an over engineered) auto-whitelist?
Actually, that's what I use it for, and I think it's good idea. I
have a personal domain. I have a remote account that allows 10 email
addresses, *WITH SEPARATE FILTERING RULES ON EACH ONE*. After using up
abuse, postmaster, the domain contact, and my main ID "waltdnes", that
leaves me with 6 addresses to play with.
I use a long (hopefully) unguessable userid(_at_)waltdnes(_dot_)org for my
subscription to an "internet radio" service. That address does *NOT*
have any spam blocking, so there's no way that newsletters or customer
service messages from them get blocked.
Quite a few ISPs offer multiple addresses as part of the base package.
They can be used in the same manner.
The advantage of multiple addresses is that email that *MUST* get
through can be given a free pass, while email from strangers can run the
gauntlet of spam-blocking checks. More stringent filtering *AND* fewer
false-positives... that's definitely "win-win".
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