On 19 May 2004 15:12:29 -0700 James Couzens <jcouzens@6o4.ca> wrote: |> if URL IP addr is in China then score=100 | I beg to differ Eric A. Hall. ... | | So contrary to what you said, perhaps I should just Null Route all | email originating from the USA? ;) While this is verging off our remit here, I would clarify the point originally made, which is that if a URL - that is, a URL cited in the body of a message - points to an IP physically located in China, then that signals a high probability of the message being spam. The physical source of the message - which is likely to be in the US or China - will most probably not be visible to the recipient due to the use of anonymising proxies and other "zombie" senders - those IPs are likely to be on "consumer" networks just about anywhere ... -- Richard Cox