Re: [Hampshire] Server side anti-spam

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Author: Steve Kemp
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Server side anti-spam
On Mon Jan 21, 2008 at 21:28:00 +0000, Adrian Bridgett wrote:

> I use greylisting and it is a pain. Particularly when (large)
> providers try sending from IP-address A, then IP-address B, ... (time
> passes) then IP-address A again (now accepted!)


I found that the simplest way to avoid that, whilst still having
some benefit was to key the greylisting soley upon the address of
the sender + the recipient.

(i.e. ignore the IP totally. This handles the case where the
retry changes, and still foils the spammers who don't retry at all.)

Steve
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