On Wed, Nov 29, 2006, Dean Brooks wrote: > I also think it is a significant mistake to only retain the > information for 24 hours. If a server is proven to retry, why would > you continue to greylist? At that point, the *only* thing you are > accomplishing is delaying email. It is better to leave the > information in there for 30 to 60 days, in my opinion, if you know the > server will retry properly.
Keeping white states for 30+ days has one certain merit - monthly mailing list digests won't be throttled into oblivion. My approach is keeping white entries for 36 days and temporarily whitelisting hosts that push 5 messages into the white state. -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
