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| DATE | 2020-06-06 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] The historical roots of our computer terms
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On Sat, Jun 06, 2020 at 01:46:14PM -0400, Wietse Venema wrote:
> Wietse Venema:
> > Ian Evans:
> > > Food for thought from the co-author of OAuth and oEmbed. How easy would it
> > > be for Postfix/Postscreen configs/docs to, say, refer to allow/deny lists?
> >
> > Easily, if they can be acessed via DNSBL/DNSWL qeueries. Any 'new'
> > lookup mechanism will have to be added through a postscreen policy
> > plugin, and that involves new Postfix code.
> >
> > For context: Postscreen decides if a remote SMTP client is allowed
> > to talk to a Postfix SMTP service. The decision is made on (protocol)
> > behavior and reputation, plus a static allow/deny list that is
> > typically populated with information from major provider SPF records.
>
> I did not realize this was a suggestion to re-word Postfix documentation
> (and presumably, the corresponding program and parameter names).
>
> Changing 'blacklist' into 'blocklist' or 'blackhole' into 'sinkhole'
There is nothing wrong with the use of the word blacklist and blackhole,
or the word black.
> seems doable. There is no 'slave' in documentation, program names
> or parameter names. Internal identifiers and comments can be udpated
> with no visible consequence. Other changes would be difficult.
>
> Wietse
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