what about a spec file? :-)
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Eric Shubert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just for the record, I agree with everything Sam says here.
> (Not that it matters much ;) )
>
>
>
> Sam Clippinger wrote:
> > spamdyke has no flaws, I thought everyone knew that. :) Perhaps I
> > should update the FAQ.
> >
> > To answer your questions:
> >
> > Once enabled, spamdyke's graylist filter will block anything that isn't
> > explicitly whitelisted, including newsletters, mailing lists, etc. Some
> > mailing lists (depending on the mailing list software) use "tagged
> > senders", which means that every message appears to come from a
> > different sender. This is done so that bounced messages can be more
> > easily matched with a specific mailing list and recipient. (Ezmlm and
> > Yahoo lists both use tagged senders. Mailman does not. I'm not sure
> > about Listserv and Majordomo.) For those kinds of lists, every message
> > is graylisted. This isn't really a problem however, as the remote
> > server will simply retry delivery and the message will be received. The
> > QMT list uses tagged senders and I receive its messages just fine. Some
> > users may complain about the (small) delay, however. I'll probably
> > incorporate some heuristics in a future version of spamdyke to allow
> > mailing lists with tagged senders to bypass graylisting (but it may be a
> > while before that's done).
> >
> > Online ticket orders, receipts, password verifications and other
> > automated messages should pass the graylist filter as long as they are
> > being sent from a real mail server. In other words, as long as the
> > remote server attempts to redeliver the message, it will be received.
> >
> > Graylisting works fine with all of the major email hosts and every mail
> > server I've ever encountered.
> >
> > An SSL certificate is only needed for using TLS (an encryption protocol
> > that allows email to be sent securely). Only one certificate can be
> > installed on a server (one per domain is not possible) but you don't
> > have to pay for it -- a self-signed certificate works just fine.
> >
> > The sender and recipient blacklists are just text files, so editing them
> > is very easy. The graylist system uses a directory structure that
> > contains files named after the senders and recipients. It's not as easy
> > to edit manually (nor is it difficult) but you shouldn't ever need to.
> >
> > spamdyke has no mechanism for saving rejected messages. It works by
> > rejecting the message before the remote server even sends it, so
> > spamdyke never sees its content. For that reason, it is not possible to
> > recover rejected messages. However, spamdyke does log the sender and
> > recipient addresses for every message (accepted or rejected), along with
> > the reason the message was rejected. This does make it possible to
> > determine if a delivery was attempted and why it failed.
> >
> > Obviously, I've been using spamdyke for years now with no problems.
> > spamdyke has an active mailing list (subscribe at www.spamdyke.org) with
> > many helpful and responsive people. You should probably pose these
> > questions there to see what they have to say.
> >
> > -- Sam Clippinger
> >
> > Kent Busbee wrote:
> >> I've heard so many good things about spamdyke, I am wondering what flaws
> >> it might have. From my understanding greylisting is the key to its
> >> success.
> >>
> >> -Will it block wanted newsletters, email lists, email subscriptions? Or
> >> will it greylist the first attempt and then deliver the next a day, week,
> >> or month later.
> >>
> >> -Will it unintentionally prevent things like online tickets orders,
> >> receipts from online orders, password verifications, etc.
> >>
> >> -Does it work well with the major online email systems accepting emails
> >> from gmail, yahoo, hotmail, etc.
> >>
> >> -Do you need an Certificate SSL for your site? For each site hosted?
> >>
> >> -Is it easy to tweek the lists? Move an address/domain from greylist to
> >> whitelist or blacklist?
> >>
> >> -If a message is lost/rejected/greylisted, is it possible to pull it back
> >> and deliver it?
> >>
> >> -What other problems/unexpected results did you get from installing?
> >>
>
>
> --
> -Eric 'shubes'
>
>
>
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