Re: SMTP greylisting (was Re: Teergrube for VMS ?)

From: Carlc Internet Services (cc_at_nospamming-to-carlc.com)
Date: 07/30/03 

Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 17:49:45 -0400

"Nic Clews" <sendspamhere@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
news:bg8c2b$733$1@lore.csc.com...
> Dean Woodward wrote:
> >
> > My ISP recently installed a greylist setup, and spam on that account
> > dropped roughly 95% immediately.
> >
> > See http://projects.puremagic.com/greylisting/ for more info
>
> Interesting.
>
> I can't see it working on my system because the delivery system IP
> address is always one of the mail servers at my ISP. It would have to be
> implemented by my ISP on their mail servers.
>
> My home system and email could only be switched on at several day
> intervals. That 15 minute urgent message could wait around on a delivery
> queue for 7 days...
>
> I've asked Demon before about this type of thing, they don't even use
> RBL's :-(

Time to get a new ISP...

As an ISP provider, I've setup email servers with RBL and reverse DNS
checking.
I wish the OpenVMS systems could do this as well, instead, I just use them
for relaying of known IP addresses, denying all other relays. I guess as one
of the very few OpenVMS ISPs, we have to use a good combo of products
to get everything to play 24x7 style of what were use to on OpenVMS.

Now, if someone could move Qmail to OpenVMS (if I only had the C knowledge
and time!).

Carl
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