linux-kernel - Re: Postgrey experiment at VGER

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Date:	Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:52:02 -0500
From:	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@....uio.no>
To:	Dumitru Ciobarcianu <Dumitru.Ciobarcianu@...s.ro>
Cc:	Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@...iler.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Postgrey experiment at VGER

On Wed, 2006-12-13 at 11:25 +0200, Dumitru Ciobarcianu wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-12-13 at 01:50 +0200, Matti Aarnio wrote:
> > I do already see spammers smart enough to retry addresses from
> > the zombie machine, but that share is now below 10% of all emails.
> > My prediction for next 200 days is that most spammers get the clue,
> > but it gives us perhaps 3 months of less leaked junk.
> 
> IMHO this is only an step in an "arms race".
> What you will do in three months, remove this check because it will
> prove useless since the spammers will also retry ? If yes, why install
> it in the first place ? 

Why ever do anything? You're going to die eventually anyway...

Trond

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