Junk email filter (2003 SP2)

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In the blocked top-level domains list the junk email filter shows ‘GB’ as the top-level domain for the UK, but it omits the more common ‘UK’. Does anyone know how to fix this, and has anyone spotted any other errors? The actual top-level domain list is at http://www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-whois.htm%5B/url%5D, but I have not checked it line by line with the list in Outlook.

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Do you want to block all .uk addresses?

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No, I don’t. I’m just curious if there’s a way to fix it.

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What’s the point?

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The point is that Microsoft has goofed again. I picked the UK top level domain as an example because everyone here would understand that. However, there are several others that are missing from Microsoft’s list:

ac Ascension Island
ax Aland Islands
eh Western Sahara
eu European Union
tp East Timor
uk United Kingdom
yu Yugoslavia

If some spammers start spoofing the ax top level domain, I would like to be able to exclude it as I know for an absolute certainty that no legitimate emailer I know will be coming from there. And what’s the point of Microsoft providing a top-level domain list if it’s wrong?

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