Sounds a lot like SpamAssassin. Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On Monday, October 09, 2006 17:29:23 -0400 Tim > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Its purpose is to reject *all* mail from bogus MTAs - dialups, >>> misconifigured servers, MTAs that aren't registered in the domains' DNS >>> as a "legal" MX, MTAs that don't reverse properly, etc., etc. If the >>> email is forged in any way, it will never make it to DATA. >> >> >> That's great, except it makes the internet more expensive for the little >> guy. If you're trying to run a non-spamming personal mailserver off of >> a consumer DSL or cable line, you can get screwed by others' policies >> like this because you may not have control over your PTR records or how >> your ISP lists you as a non-MTA with other organizations. >> >> Sure, argue that the little guy should just shell out for a better line, >> but if he could, he wouldn't be the little guy. >> > It wouldn't hurt to actually read how it works before criticizing it. > > Policyd-weight (the name implies what it does) provides a weighted score > to each "bad" thing an MTA does. The *cumulative* score is what > matters. It also *subtracts* points for good things that an MTA does. > So, the situation you describe should not be a problem. > > If you want to test that, send a test message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > see if it gets rejected. If it does, look at the headers to see what it > did.
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