[Imc-tech] Re: [Imsahp-users] new spam control measures

[Zachary C. Miller]

Actually, it looks like mail delays may be up to 1 hour. This should
basically be a 1 hour delay for the FIRST message you get from anyone
who sends you mail and after that that sender will never again
experience that delay. Seems like a small price to pay for massive
spam reduction.

Please wait at least 2 hours before reporting mail not getting through. 

If you wish to opt out of this I can put you on a list that will
ensure that your mail goes immediately through but that'll also mean
more spam for you. Let me know.

Zachary C. Miller wrote:
> I have implemented greylisting on the mail server. What this does is
> outright reject the first message sent to this server with a temporary
> failure. Non-spam servers will attempt to resend the message a second
> time automatically. Spam servers will give up right away. 
> 
> This should MASSIVELY cut down the amount of spam that we get. 
> 
> It also means that some messages may take 5-10 minutes to be delivered
> where they used to be delivered almost immediately. As the greylist
> gets populated with non-spam servers message deliveries from known
> non-spam servers will go through quickly again. So have a little
> patience and enjoy significantly reduced spam!
> 
> I will be taking further anti-spam measures soon. 
> 
> If you suspect that mail you should be receiving is not getting
> through and you have waited more than an hour for it and it still
> hasn't arrived, please let me know. I need to know the sender's
> address, your address, the subject line, and the approximate time the
> message was sent. Thanks!
> 
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Zachary C. Miller - @= - http://zach.chambana.net/
IMSA 1995 - UIUC 2000 - Just Another Leftist Muppet - Ya Basta!
 Social Justice, Community, Nonviolence, Decentralization, Feminism,
 Sustainability, Responsibility, Diversity, Democracy, Ecology