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sendmail and greylisting
Posted by GoodTimes on Thu 16 Feb 2006 at 14:32
There doesn't seem to be much in the debian repository that automatically installs and configures greylisting for sendmail
Since i'm not willing to switch away from sendmail, I found that the dcc server package has greylisting capabilities
However, I wasn't able to get the default dcc install to do it
I had to download the source package and make a tweak, install that package and then put it on hold
the problem is...i don't remember the tweak!!!
i'll have to diff the source and figure out what the patch is...
...and then backtrack to figure out why I couldn't get it working the first time.
The problem is, since I have it working now, this project is very low priority...
Since i'm not willing to switch away from sendmail, I found that the dcc server package has greylisting capabilities
However, I wasn't able to get the default dcc install to do it
I had to download the source package and make a tweak, install that package and then put it on hold
the problem is...i don't remember the tweak!!!
i'll have to diff the source and figure out what the patch is...
...and then backtrack to figure out why I couldn't get it working the first time.
The problem is, since I have it working now, this project is very low priority...
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"Since i'm not willing to switch away from sendmail..."
Weird, even the sendmail consortium seem to be switching away from sendmail -- sendmail X. Even the Wikipedia article claims "sendmail X" is basically a Postfix clone.
Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin
Weird, even the sendmail consortium seem to be switching away from sendmail -- sendmail X. Even the Wikipedia article claims "sendmail X" is basically a Postfix clone.
Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin
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If something came along that converted my sendmail configs to some other mailer then maybe i'd switch. But for now, it doesn't seem worth the effort to RTFM a new mailer when sendmail is definitely robust enough for my needs as is.
Unless you can tell me something neat in mail that that i'm missing that is covered by something else?
I remember when everyone was telling me to switch to QMail and i've noticed I don't hear that anymore...
aaron
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Through correctness comes ease
-Chiun
-The Destroyer series
Unless you can tell me something neat in mail that that i'm missing that is covered by something else?
I remember when everyone was telling me to switch to QMail and i've noticed I don't hear that anymore...
aaron
-----
Through correctness comes ease
-Chiun
-The Destroyer series
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If something came along that converted my sendmail configs to some other mailer then maybe i'd switch. But for now, it doesn't seem worth the effort to RTFM a new mailer when sendmail is definitely robust enough for my needs as is.
Unless you can tell me something neat in mail that that i'm missing that is covered by something else?
I remember when everyone was telling me to switch to QMail and i've noticed I don't hear that anymore...
aaron
-----
Through correctness comes ease
-Chiun
-The Destroyer series
Unless you can tell me something neat in mail that that i'm missing that is covered by something else?
I remember when everyone was telling me to switch to QMail and i've noticed I don't hear that anymore...
aaron
-----
Through correctness comes ease
-Chiun
-The Destroyer series
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