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Date:      Sat, 27 Jan 2007 16:23:13 +0100
From:      "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org>
To:        JoaoBR <joao@matik.com.br>
Cc:        rsmith@xs4all.nl, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Loosing spam fight -> devnull@FreeBSD.org
Message-ID:  <20070127152312.GB1085@zaphod.nitro.dk>
In-Reply-To: <200701271304.29216.joao@matik.com.br>
References:  <8a20e5000701240903q35b89e14k1ab977df62411784@mail.gmail.com> <20070127141052.GA96039@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <45BB6296.1080106@pingle.org> <200701271304.29216.joao@matik.com.br>

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On 2007.01.27 13:04:28 -0200, JoaoBR wrote:
> On Saturday 27 January 2007 12:32, Jim Pingle wrote:
> > Roland Smith wrote:
> > > Most spammers do not bother to return if they get a resend request.
> > > That's the whole point of doing this. So practically it doesn't increase
> > > bandwidth consumption.
> >
> ...
> > Greylisting is a decent idea, but it seems to me that it's just another
> > tool in the ongoing arms race against spammers. It may work for a while,
> > but eventually they'll catch on and it will only cause unnecessary delays
> > for legitimate mail.
> 
> finally some cares about the users here, that is a really important point, how 
> do you justify that your client get the email he is waiting for an hour 
> later? Probably he looks then for a better service provider ...

Could this discussion please be continued on the apropriate list which
is designed for spam - devnull@FreeBSD.org?

Thanks.

-- 
Simon L. Nielsen



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