Anti spam solutions

[Wil McGilvery]

Very Interesting! I am going to have to try this out.

Regards,

Wil McGilvery
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ralph Doncaster [mailto:ralph-Zd07PnzKK1IAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 10:21 AM
To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Anti spam solutions

On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Fraser Campbell wrote:

> On Wednesday 08 October 2003 09:17, Robert Brockway wrote:
> > How would that be an advantage, given that the remote MTA will just try
> > again later?
>
> Ralph is talking about greylisting I believe. It is supposed to be very
> effective since many spammers, and viruses, do not actually retry their
> emails.  There's a whitepaper at http://projects.puremagic.com/greylisting/

Wow, this is *exactly* what I was thinking of (specifically looking at the
remote IP, MAIL FROM:, and RCPT TO:).  Thanks for the reference.

-Ralph
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