UCE Sneaking in on our whitelist... How to stop [SCANNED]

[David Thurman]

On 6/15/04 7:40 AM, "Randal, Phil" wrote:

>> Thanks, I will add some additional RBL's, but even with
>> those, they are sending as our addresses, won't that give
>> them an auto -100? Or should we lower the whitelist score?
>
> You'll hate me for saying this, but you shouldn't be whitelisting
> your own email addresses.  Seeing as how every man and his spambot
> (and virusbot) uses them for nefarious purposes, it seems a silly
> thing to do.
 Phil,

I am now starting to realize that. They say if you don't learn something new
from your mistakes you aren't alive. My best lessons are my mistakes.

Thanks guys.
--
David Thurman
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