linux-kernel - Re: OT: linux-kernel list and greylisting

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Message-Id: <200609281946.11845.m.kozlowski@tuxland.pl>
Date:	Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:46:11 +0200
From:	Mariusz Kozlowski <m.kozlowski@...land.pl>
To:	Michael Obster <lkm@...ter.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: OT: linux-kernel list and greylisting

Hi,

> anyone here who has experience with greylisting and the linux-kernel
> list? I want to configure greylisting on my server but I don't know if
> this setting is compatible with the list here.
> What I want to avoid is a massive bounce because of that! So please give
> me feedback, if greylisting is a problem for the list.

Greylisting relayed traffic is useless. Greyslisting is also expensive (delays 
and bounces) so probably that's not what you want. Anyway if you know what 
you are doing ;-) take a look at this:

http://aisk.tuxland.pl/os-fp-vs-spam-src.html

OS based greylisting is a compromise. Gives great results with minimal costs 
to most of incoming traffic.

Regards,

	Mariusz Kozlowski
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