Kyle Hasselbacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Thing is, it HAD exited. I'd look in the process list and see a
> zombie where it had been. Its child was still chugging away, and
> the Python process above it didn't seem to notice it had croaked.
Well, it works with /usr/sbin/sendmail. I'm really not sure why it
didn't work with your script.
> I have a phobia that my outgoing challenges are being caught by
> other spam filters and not reaching their intended recipients.
> Hashcash is my strategy to make them more hammy.
You might consider adding Habeas SWE headers to your challenges then.
Spamassasin and quite a few other packages already recognize them.
TMDA FAQ 7.3 discusses how to do this with TMDA.
> I want to do the same thing with my own outgoing mail.
Ditto for Habeas.
> Since the time to compute is so long, NOT waiting for it so important.
> Waiting after I hit "send" is excruciating.
This is something that should be addressed in your MUA. Many MUAs
"background" the sending process allowing you to do other work while
the send is taking place. The client that comes with Mac OS X does
this for example. I just changed my TMDA outgoing filter to add 28
bit hashcash tokens and tried sending some mail with Mail.app. The
"send" window exits immediately allowing me to read mail, and even
send additonal messages. A small progress icon shows me the send is
not complete, but I don't have to sit there waiting for it.
> I might not mind making TMDA wait when sending except that doing so
> causes Postfix to give up on it ("Command time limit exceeded" when
> it gets something it has to respond to).
This is configurable in Postfix via the `command_time_limit'
parameter.
> Anyway, if anyone else is interested in this hoopla, drop me a line.
> I consider it a work in progress, but it seems to be working fine.
BTW, a hashcash mailing list has recently cropped up if you're
interested. http://www.hashcash.org/list/
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