[linux-elitists] Spam filters

[Bob Bernstein]

On Thu, 26 Mar 2009, Gerald Oskoboiny wrote:

>> Hiding isn't an anti-spam panacea but, wonderfully enlightening 
>> discussions of anti-spam flavor-of-the-month aside, what is?
>
> Reputation systems.

Are whitelists properly thought of as "reputation systems?" Or are 
they, perhaps, the dinosaurs of that family tree?

When I finally implemented a whitelist (using your scripts Gerald, 
thanks), after years of running SA and bogo and spamprobe, I felt I 
was capitulating to the enemy. There was marked emotional resistance 
to making that change in my anti-spam defenses.

Hrrmmmm...


-- 
Bob Bernstein