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Re: [Christmas Gift for free] 50% Spam reduction !

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Subject: Re: [Christmas Gift for free] 50% Spam reduction !
From: Roger Walker <roger@rope.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 21:11:05 +0000 (UTC)
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Reply-to: Roger Walker <roger@rope.net>
On Fri, 22 Dec 2006, Erwin Hoffmann wrote:

> introducing a delay in qmail-smtpd EHLO greeting by about 30 secs will
> reduce the amount of spam emails by typically 50%.

        This was tested a while back by a local university and it was
found that the optimum time was a delay of 30 seconds. Unfortunately, it
does not take into account that many high volume LEGITIMATE senders will
drop their connection if there is even a short delay. Workopolis comes to
mind, but there are others.

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Roger Walker

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