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

[Cliff Pratt]

Michael J. Knox wrote:
> 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.
> 
That is not the usual greylisting. Normally it works by forcing a retry 
after 5 minutes or more.

Cheers,

Cliff