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From: Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Greylisting idea
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 00:42:38
Message-Id: 7573e9640608281738j2685fae5n1866157da25acbac@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Greylisting idea by Grant
1 On 8/28/06, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > Greylisting seems to be the most effective way of eliminating unwanted
3 > email. The problem is that it also has the potential to eliminate a
4 > legitimate email. Couldn't a feature be added to greylisting software
5 > that dispatches an email to the sender of any email that is
6 > temporarily rejected and doesn't retry within a certain amount of
7 > time? The email could say something like, "Your message of {date} was
8 > rejected as possible spam. Please call us at {phone_number}."
9
10 att.biz accounts do something like this. It isn't a phone call, but
11 "go to $website and enter $code to unblock your mail to $recepient."
12
13 -Richard
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Re: [gentoo-user] Greylisting idea Toby Cubitt <tsc25@××××××.net>