Author: Bruce Richardson Date: To: Exim users list Subject: Re: [Exim] Greylisting + multiple MX hosts -> multiple attempts
On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 11:24:04AM +0000, Ian A B Eiloart wrote: > --On Wednesday, March 24, 2004 10:21 am +0000 Bruce Richardson
> <itsbruce@???> wrote:
>
> >On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 09:36:16AM +0000, Ian A B Eiloart wrote:
> >>> If greylisting becomes common, it stops being a low-scale problem and
> >>> they deal with it. Shouldn't be hard.
> >>
> >>Yes, but that is an argument that you could use against ANY anti-spam
> >>proposal. Its a little like telling a medieval knight that body armour is
> >>useless because one day someone will invent guns. This is an arms race -
> >>we can't win or lose, we can only stay ahead or drop behind.
> >
> >No, it is not the same. Neither SpamAssassin nor DSPAM is going to
> >become obsolete overnight. Greylisting may well - it's a simple
> >one-trick pony.
>
> But Baysian filters have their limitations.
Just as well that Bayesian analysis is only one of the methods available
to SpamAssassin (and not one that everybody uses).
--
Bruce
If the universe were simple enough to be understood, we would be too
simple to understand it.
