Re: [Exim] FW: Defending Against Rumplestiltskin Attacks???

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Author: Ian A B Eiloart
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] FW: Defending Against Rumplestiltskin Attacks???

--On Thursday, May 13, 2004 10:17 am +0100 Matthew Byng-Maddick
<exim@???> wrote:

>> if it's not the most polite thing you can do[1], it is what makes my
>> users happiest. Our delays have cut spam by over 90% and are saving lots
>> of our
>
> Other delays will do that, I agree. I'm seeing similar orders on our
> front-facing MX at work. That's why I specifically highlit the DATA
> delays.


Wouldn't you have to be prescient to delay *before* detecting the spam?

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Ian Eiloart
Servers Team
Sussex University ITS