Re: [Exim] An idea re stopping spam

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Author: Kevin Reed
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] An idea re stopping spam
Adam Newby said:
> This may have been thought of before, but...
>
> If spam filtering (not just RBL, but rules-based filtering) were built
> into Exim, *and a time penalty were introduced on receipt of a spam*, ie
> the connection was held open but Exim failed to respond for a long period,
> might this, if widely used, make it harder for spammers to operate?
>
> Would it be possible to implement this in exim.conf using the current
> version of exim?


The word you are looking for is teergrubing

It is part of SA-Exim an addon to Exim

Take a look at:

http://marc.merlins.org/linux/exim/sa.html

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