OT Sendmail configuration question

[Jeff A. Earickson]

As others have said, the greet_pause feature of sendmail 8.13.  I've
been using it since 8.13.0, it works well.  I use a standard 7 sec
delay, with my own site exempted via access.db entries.  I also
use smtptrapd (http://smtptrapd.inodes.org) on a secondary MX to
attract spammers to that.  Both help keep the spammers at bay.

Jeff Earickson
Colby College

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005, Jim Dickenson wrote:

> Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:48:09 -0800
> From: Jim Dickenson <dickenson at CFMC.COM>
> Reply-To: MailScanner mailing list <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: OT Sendmail configuration question
>
> Some time ago there was talk on this list about using a relatively new
> option in sendmail. As I recall there is some option that allows one to
> delay the response to a helo or ehlo line. The theory was that spammers
> could not afford to wait when sending messages and they would not wait for
> the delay time.
>
> Can someone remind me what the command was.
>
> I tried to search the archive but not knowing exactly what I am searching
> for I did not find the past messages.
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Jim Dickenson
> mailto:dickenson at cfmc.com
>
> CfMC
> http://www.cfmc.com/
>
> ------------------------ MailScanner list ------------------------
> To unsubscribe, email jiscmail at jiscmail.ac.uk with the words:
> 'leave mailscanner' in the body of the email.
> Before posting, read the MAQ (http://www.mailscanner.biz/maq/) and
> the archives (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/mailscanner.html).
>
> Support MailScanner development - buy the book off the website!
>

------------------------ MailScanner list ------------------------
To unsubscribe, email jiscmail at jiscmail.ac.uk with the words:
'leave mailscanner' in the body of the email.
Before posting, read the MAQ (http://www.mailscanner.biz/maq/) and
the archives (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/mailscanner.html).

Support MailScanner development - buy the book off the website!