On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 12:27 AM, David Cawley
<dcawley(_at_)mailchannels(_dot_)com> wrote:
My other thought was exactly that - explicitly use the "based list"
>> definition, note/acknowledge the variations of "B" in common usage, and
>> briefly enumerate the other types of "based list" (DNSWL etc), mention
>> scoring etc.
Personally, I like the idea of defining DNSBL as DNS Based List as
it simply implies list data served up via DNS and it's generic enough
to encompass the various flavors - RHSBL's, URIBL's etc.
Whereas 'Blocklist' implies an action of blocking and the associated
collateral damage. Really, it's the consumer of the data that decides
on the action whether that be blocking, grey listing, tarpitting or even
bypassing spam filtering based on the data returned by the query.
Just my 2c and I'd like to thank all of you working on the document.
Not all consumers of the data are clear on the purpose or the
realities of using such lists and the more that this document can
address considerably less experienced users of BL's, the better. JD
was clear when he articulated that if this document is for the
professional pedantic spam fighters, well, there might be better
things to do.
I agree that 'Based List' is the way to go.
-M<
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