From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 5 22:11:10 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3756316A420 for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 22:11:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.web-strider.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 961FC43D49 for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 22:11:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id k15MAxu47801; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 14:10:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 14:10:59 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1250" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Lisa Casey Subject: RE: Getting a new server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 22:11:10 -0000 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 >