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crameleon created request
- Update default exemptions:
* remove obsolete Novell domains
* remove SUSE domains not used on the internet
adkorte declined request
I agree with the removal of the Novell domains, I'm not sure about the SUSE domains as they still seem to be under control of SUSE. Even if they are not used for sending mail, there is no harm in keeping them in the whitelist.
Please resubmit with removal of the Novell domains only.
Hi,
this updates the default DNSBL exemptions. Personally though I would prefer to remove these completely - the user should decide on their own whether they trust the domains of their software vendor.
What do you think?
As far as I know, these exceptions were originally meant to prevent blocking e-mail from the listservers, which ended up on the DNS blocklists from time to time. Unsuspecting administrators who'd run SpamAssassin as-is would not be suddenly disconnected from legitimate mail that way. I think this is a reasonable precaution.
While I agree that whether or not to add these really should be at the discretion of the system administrator, my main concern for removing them is the above. Removing Novell from this list of domains is probably OK (as far as I know, (open)SUSE and Novell are two different entities now) but I'm not too sure if removing the other SUSE domains is a good idea as I have no idea if these are used by SUSE for sending mail. I'd leave that descision to @varkoly instead
Please do not remove suse.de. This still will be used.
Is there any relation between (open)SUSE and Novell anymore? If not, I'd suggest removing only that and leaving the SUSE domains as is.
There is not, and the company Novell does not even exist anymore.
If adkorte's theory is right, the exemptions were only intended for mailing lists - suse.de is used, but not for customer facing mailing lists. The suse.de mailing lists are (primarily) internal.
@adkorte, @varkoly: review reminder
Please someone decide the request!
I think it's ok as is.