OK I'm a little confused, but because all your replies weren't coming to the list, it's hard to tell.
You wrote that people don't know what to do when they get the challenge message. Why not? In plain English it tells them why they received the message and how to respond to it so that their mail is verified. And if you need it to be in another language, the FAQs can tell you how to do that. If your problem is that someone gets the message and replies to it and still further messages are getting challenged, then you need to configure your system properly to automatically add the confirmed names to your whitelist so they won't be challenged again. If your problem is that you think that TMDA is going to trap spam and not challenge people to validate they are legitimate people... then you are using the wrong system. The only way to do that is to create a whitelist ahead of time with all of the domains and e-mail addresses you are expecting to get mail from. But if someone else not on that list sends you an e-mail, it's going to send them a challenge message back... that's what TMDA is all about. David --- Samuel Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please reply to the list instead of me directly. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > What exactly are you trying to do? > What do you want? > > Are you looking for a challenge-response type of system? > > Sam > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marius Milea [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 11:16 AM > To: Samuel Hill > Subject: RE: confirm every message?! with tmda > > > well... > There are people that don't know what to do when > receiving that message and in my company a partner of > us can dump us for a thing like that. > is spamassassin doing the same thing? > > --- Samuel Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That is what tmda is supposed to do. > > What behavior exactly were you expecting? > > > > Sam > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Marius Milea [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 10:56 AM > > To: Samuel Hill > > Subject: RE: confirm every message?! with tmda > > > > > > The .qmail file is in my home directory. > > Here's a ls of my home directory: > > > > drwx--x--x 4 admin users 216 Apr 5 > > 10:38 ./ > > drwxr-xr-x 34 root root 1016 Mar 31 > > 16:20 ../ > > -rw------- 1 admin users 139 Apr 5 > > 16:13 .bash_history > > -rw-r--r-- 1 admin root 50 Apr 5 > > 10:31 .qmail > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Apr 5 > > 10:28 .qmail-default -> .qmail > > -rw-r--r-- 1 admin users 3394 Mar 29 > > 13:55 .screenrc > > drwxr-xr-x 7 admin users 232 Apr 5 > > 10:33 .tmda/ > > drwxr-xr-x 9 admin root 304 Mar 31 > > 17:18 Maildir/ > > > > If someone sends me a message, it receices > > imediately > > the following message: > > > > This message was created automatically by mail > > delivery software (TMDA). > > > > Your message attached below is being held because > > the > > address > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> has not been verified. > > > > To release your message for delivery, please send an > > empty message > > to the following address, or use your mailer's > > "Reply" > > feature. > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > This confirmation verifies that your message is > > legitimate and not > > junk-mail. You should only have to confirm your > > address once. > > > > If you do not respond to this confirmation request > > within 14 days, > > your message will not be delivered. > > > > > > What could be the problem here? > > Can you send me working tmda config file or > > something? > > > > Thanks! > > > > --- Samuel Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am confused on what the problem is? > > > All emails will be challenged unless they are in > > the whitelist or > > > confirmed list. > > > > > > Where is the .qmail file? > > > > > > Sam > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Marius Milea [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 10:09 AM > > > To: Samuel Hill > > > Subject: RE: confirm every message?! with tmda > > > > > > > > > here's the content of the .qmail file: > > > |preline /usr/bin/tmda/bin/tmda-filter > > > ./Maildir/ > > > > > > and here's the content of the defaultdelivery > > file: ./Maildir/ > > > > > > any ideas? > > > > > > --- Samuel Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Can you send more details on your setup? > > > > Where did you put a .qmail file? > > > > Did you change control/defaultdelivery or do you > > > > only have one mailbox > > > > you are talking about? > > > > > > > > Sam > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Behalf Of Marius Milea > > > > Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 5:14 AM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: confirm every message?! with tmda > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello list! > > > > > > > > I'm trying to setup tmda with qmail. I have > > qmail > > > > installed with TLS patch. > > > > The problem is that if i send a message from an > > > > external address to an email box on my mail > > > server, > > > > a > > > > message is received on the external address > > > > containing: > > > > > > > > This message was created automatically by mail > > > > delivery software (TMDA). > > > > ....... > > > > To release your message for delivery, please > > send > > > an > > > > empty message > > > > to the following address, or use your mailer's > > > > "Reply" > > > > feature. > > > > ...... > > > > This confirmation verifies that your message is legitimate and > not > > > > junk-mail. You should only have to confirm your > > > > address once. > > > > If you do not respond to this confirmation > > request > > > > within 14 days, > > > > your message will not be delivered. > > > > > > > > Is it possible not to confirm every message that > > > > comes > > > > into my mail server? What can i do? > > > > > > > > Now, here's my configuration: > > > > > > > > My .tmda directory is like this: > > > > drwxr-xr-x 7 admin users 232 Apr > > 5 > > > > 10:33 . > > > > drwx--x--x 4 admin users 216 Apr > > 5 > > > > 10:38 .. > > > > -rw------- 1 admin users 134 Apr > > 5 > > > > 10:51 config > > > > -rw------- 1 admin users 42 Mar > > 30 > > > > 12:09 crypt_key > > > > drwxr-xr-x 2 admin users 72 Apr > > 1 > > > > 08:15 filters > > > > drwxr-xr-x 2 admin users 144 Apr > > 1 > > > > 08:23 lists > > > > drwxr-xr-x 2 admin users 128 Apr > > 1 > > > > 08:29 log > > > > drwxr-xr-x 2 admin users 168 Apr > > 5 > > > > 11:02 pending > > > > drwxr-xr-x 2 admin users 384 Apr > > 5 > > > > 11:02 responses > > > > > > > > My config file contains: > > > > LOGFILE_DEBUG = > > "/home/admin/.tmda/log/debug.log" > > > MAIL_TRANSPORT = > > > > "smtp" SENDMAIL_PROGRAM = > > > "/var/qmail/bin/sendmail" > > > > SMTPSSL = "1" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > > Yahoo! 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