Re: [exim] exim + greylisting

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Author: Alexey Zbinyakov
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] exim + greylisting
На Mon, 5 Mar 2007 10:14:14 +0000
Simon Pearson <simon@???> записано:

SP> On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 11:36 +0200, Paulo Andre wrote:
SP> > > Why do you need the MySQL backend?
SP> >
SP> > Not neccessarily need it, but it is what I am more
SP> > familar with, then could you suggest another greylisting
SP> > solution?
SP>
SP> A disadvantage of using a mysql-based greylisting solutions
SP> is you're reliant on another service which means you're
SP> adding an extra point of failure.
SP>
SP> Many of the 'de facto standard' Exim greylisting solutions
SP> use some sort of flat-file backend. Take a look at
SP> 'greylistd' and 'postgrey', both work just fine with Exim 4.

We are using mysql because we are using several MX records, and the of course should have same database for greylisting. As for me - I using mysql backend and several perl functions to bring flexibility to our configuration.


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Alexey Zbinyakov
USONYX support team