Re: [Exim] Re: about SMTP callback.

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: James Antill
CC: Marc MERLIN, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Re: about SMTP callback.
On 30 Nov 2001, James Antill wrote:

> > - caching of positive callbacks (by far #1)
> > (I do not really want caching of negative results, as I'd rather have
> > people who just fixed their mail server be able to send right away)
>
> This might be nice, the problem is that one of the benefits of
> callback support is that if someone does a spam from an ISP account
> and the ISP then kill that customers account then you instantly stop
> getting their spam.


Quite.

> I guess as with all caching the big question is how long to you cache
> for.


Exactly. I have been pondering this, and it seems to me that there is no
obvious answer.

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