spam assassin says snipr.com is spam

[Peg]

In creating a broadcast to send via 1Shoppingcart.com I did the usual
spam check and received:

Score 2 out of 5 - Contains an URL listed in the URIBL blacklist
(URIs:snipr.com)

Does this mean using a snipr.com url wll be caught by spam filters -
blacklist does not sound good.

any input?

[SnipURL Editor]

Hi,

Thanks for the heads up. It seems snipr.com is indeed listed in the
URIBL list. (Not in any other RBLs).

I stopped using URIBL in Spam Assassin rules some time ago. Their
approach seems to be a bit "baby with the bath water", but I've
written to them and hope they will delist.

They keep doing this all the time, I have a login on their site just
to keep reminding them that a joe-jobbed website should not be
blacklisted. Just because a spammer could include a "yahoo.com" URL in
his spam doesn't mean yahoo.com should be blacklisted, especially if
yahoo.com has done everything in its technical power to block that
abuser.

I'd recommend sticking to SpamHaus and other such lists.
http://www.mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspx?action=blacklist%3asnipr.com

Pls watch this space and thanks again for the alert.

Happy snipping,
Shashank
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