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

david20_at_alpha1.mdx.ac.uk
Date: 07/31/03 

Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 23:26:13 +0000 (UTC)

In article <Z3XVa.43$Hx3.48739@news.uswest.net>, "Carlc Internet Services" <cc@nospamming-to-carlc.com> writes:
>"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!).
>
PMDF from process supports these facilities. It's a commercial rather than
freeware package.

David Webb
VMS and Unix team leader
CCSS
Middlesex University

>Carl
>====================
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>
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