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

[Michael J. Knox]

Cliff Pratt wrote:
> 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.
>

Well, this is how I set my grey listing up.

Michael