On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 01:14:51AM +1000, Alexander Samad wrote: > On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 03:46:05PM +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > <quote who="Alexander Samad"> > > > > > > SAV is different to VRFY, and the combination of SAV and greylisting is > > > > really broken. I suggested to Chris that he turn SAV off, because it > > > > ends up > > > > being more problematic than it's worth. > > > > > > What is SAV ? > > > > Sender Address Verification (which you explained in an earlier email). > > Oh but didn't you say that SAV is different to VRFY ? How do smtp > server do SAV if not with vrfy ?
Okay to answer my own question it does a test of the senders email address if its local it can verify the local receipant. If its non local it sees if it comes from a valid domain. so why don't spammer just use a valid domain for their senders address ?? probably missing the obvious its 01:30 > > > > > > - Jeff > > > > -- > > GUADEC 2006: Vilanova i la Geltr?, Spain http://2006.guadec.org/ > > > > "Old timers will tell you what a pain unstable was during the new > > testament transition." - Jon Corbet on Debian's KJV packages > > -- > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
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