Re: [Exim] Greylisting + multiple MX hosts -> multiple attem…

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Author: Bruce Richardson
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Subject: Re: [Exim] Greylisting + multiple MX hosts -> multiple attempts
On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 08:40:15AM +0000, Alun wrote:
> Bruce Richardson (itsbruce@???) said, in message
>     <20040323235646.GB32724@???>:

> >
> > If greylisting becomes widespread, how long do you think it will be
> > before they change that. It isn't rocked science.
> [...]
> > If greylisting becomes common, it stops being a low-scale problem and
> > they deal with it. Shouldn't be hard.
>
> Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but you seem to be down on greylisting on the
> basis that it will be ineffective sometime in the future? I don't think
> anyone seriously believes that it can't be bypassed.


All I'm saying is that it is likely to be effective only as long as it
is a minority activity. The more people you persuade to use it, the
more likely it is that it will suddenly become useless. Most other
anti-spam measures (e.g. SpamAssassin) don't have this built-in
obsolescence.

--
Bruce

I must admit that the existence of Disneyland (which I know is real)
proves that we are not living in Judea in AD 50. -- Philip K. Dick