[nzlug] (OT) Sorbs etc, was Exim: Limiting outgoing connections on Debian

Michael J. Knox michael at knox.net.nz
Wed Oct 11 09:11:28 NZDT 2006


Cliff Pratt wrote:
> Ha! If the greylist is set up right, then maybe it will go straight
> through. In my experience most greylists are set up wrongly, either
> inadvertently or on purpose, to reject every single email on the first
> try. Every single email.

Greylisting by design is meant to reject every email on the first try,
unless you whitelist a domain. Greylisting only blocks for 10 secs then
allows the delivery of that email.

Michael




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