From: Matt Fretwell (mattfbauchan.org)
Date: Thu Mar 03 2005 - 06:55:53 CST

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Greg A. Woods wrote:

> Either accept the mail when it's offered in as efficient a manner as
> possible (and then either deliver it as addressed or quarantine it); or
> reject it outright right away.
>
> Anything else, especially what has been inappropriately called
> "greylisting", is an unnecessary abuse of the SMTP protocol and is a
> continual ongoing waste of everyone's time and resources.

 Well, I know any bit of credibility I may have is about to disappear
quickly :), but I have to agree totally with Greg on this one.

 Personally, I always found greylisting more hassle than just running, as
I do now, a sane set of restrictions which eliminate on other criteria. If
the mail does make it into the system, the opportunity is then there to
reinforce and update the restrictions.

Matt

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