startin, startout, stopms

[Hugo van der Kooij]

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Steve Campbell wrote:
> 
> 
> Randal, Phil wrote:
>> Steve,
>>
>> Are you using RBLs at the MTA level to reduce the load?
>>
>> Phil
>>
>> -- 
>> Phil Randal
>> Networks Engineer
>> Herefordshire Council
>> Hereford, UK
>>   
> 
> Phil,
> 
> No, I'm not. I've gotten so many complaints about mail that might be
> discarded, that I only use them in SA. It's hard to tell sales staff
> that they can't have it both ways and to make them understand that.
> 
> But thanks for the suggestion. If it gets too bad, I may use it.

You could even considere to use a 4xx type for RBL's in the MTA. Any
decent SMTP server will just resend the message a bit later. Or contact
your backup server. But most direct spam senders will not retry or go to
your backup server so it may be a good trade-off

But in my experience one can not tackle this unless you kill a
significant part of your spam at the MTA level.

Hugo.

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	A: Yes.
	>Q: Are you sure?
	>>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
	>>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?

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