Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 14:10:59 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Lisa Casey <lisa@jellico.com> Subject: RE: Getting a new server Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNGEFPFDAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <BC99E8D7-F714-4902-A2F8-C1B263CCDAF9@shire.net>
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You had said your using spamassasin, that and other content filters like dspam must have completely received the message before they can scan it. Ted >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Chad >Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC >Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 7:50 AM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt >Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Lisa Casey >Subject: Re: Getting a new server > > > >On Feb 4, 2006, at 1:54 AM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >> The beauty of the greylist milter over the way your doing it, is that >> with >> your method, the spammer is able to completely send the message to >> you. >> Yes I realize the message gets killed in between your outside >> server and >> your user's mailbox. But, the spammer doesen't know that and they >> think >> they have successfully sent a message. Thus it encourages them to >> keep sending. > >Uhh, no. They may be sending the message but they get the reject in >the DATA phase before the smtp connection is done. The spammer does >NOT think he has successfully sent the message unless it is one that >does not care anyway to finish the smtp connection. > >Chad > >--- >Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC >Your Web App and Email hosting provider >chad at shire.net > > > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.2/251 - Release Date: 2/4/2006 >
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