Robert Penz wrote:
>> It's a war of attrition.
> 
> hmmm ... I would think that if the SMTP connection is handled by a program
> which does not create a process or thread for each handshake before it has
> done a DNS RBL check it would increase the systems resistance to spam waves
> dramatically.

If you replace "DNS RBL check" with some other check, then the program 
you're talking about is the linux kernel. This subject has been 
discussed last April under the subject "Zombies blocking my smtp". See 
e.g. 
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg33586.html

I've thought of a better way than calling iptables for each address, 
but haven't yet managed to find that couple of afternoons for writing 
it, since then :-(
































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