And for the record (to ease future searches - this is not a invitation 
to begin a flame war here) the conclusion on the lists, backed by 
research, is that "blacklist' is **NOT** a racially-derived term - 
since that seems to be your concern.  Rather, the evidence showed that 
"blacklist" derives from the middle ages and relates to witches and 
black magic.



It was the conclusion of the Horde developers that we are not going to 
change a term, that by definition is *exactly* what the functionality 
does, due to a misinterpretation of the history of the word by a few 
people.  As Jan stated, a search of the mailing list archives provides 
an easy answer on how best to change this locally if you like.

This has been discussed several times on the mailing lists already, 
please see the archives. If you want a different term, change it 
locally.

While I know that the terms black-, white-, and greylisting have 
become fairly standard in the world of spam prevention, from a social 
justice standpoint the word "BLACKlist" has long been out of favor for 
the obvious reason that it calls to mind a negative correlation 
between it's current intended meaning and it's tie to historical 
oppressions.



I wonder how difficult it might be to change of the name of  "mail 
blocker" label used in Horde to something less controversial from a 
social justice point of view?



I know  it may seem a small point but sometimes even the smallest 
details can contribute to greater social change, and being on staff at 
a wonderfully diverse college campus actively committed to social 
change we do our best to eliminate  language weighted with oppressive 
bias when we can.



please consider it.



Thanks.