[SDBUG] OpenBSD's "spamd" usable on FreeBSD?

[Dave Smith]

We tried it at an ISP and it did work as advertised, but
was not acceptable.

It is great for a private mail server, but an ISP will
receive more complaints from his customers because they
want their e-mail immediately.  Some mail servers may
not try again for an hour or more such as AOL.

Also, several implementations of mail services on MS
Windows would not try again later and just declare that
the e-mail was undeliverable.  It may not be according
to the SMTP standards, but since when did Microsoft care
about standards.

Dave Smith



On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 08:37:36PM -0500, Peter Leftwich wrote:
> Has anyone used "spamd" on FreeBSD?  I'm trying to get my ISP to use it.
> 
> If I understand it correctly, it is a sendmail clone, but with one major 
> difference (improvement?) -- incoming messages are told, "Hollld on a sec, 
> let me see if I can deliver your message, please wait 3-5 minutes then try 
> back."  And if the incoming message is a spammer, then THEIR side of the 
> sending gives up and does not legitimately retry.
> 
> The sacrifice is only that the recipient cannot receive a message immediately.
> 
> But, sounds great!
> 
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> Video2Video Services
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