From: sirjofri <sirjofri+ml-9front@sirjofri.de>
To: 9front@9front.org
Subject: Smtpd spam prevention
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 15:53:35 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d87d5a63-524a-44ed-b39b-feeeb863351f@sirjofri.de> (raw)
Hello all,
my smtpd server runs fine, but I recently got some spam mails. Currently
my server doesn't filter anything and does nothing to prevent spam.
There are two options to smtpd, according to the man:
> -D sleeps for 15 seconds usually at the start of the SMTP
> dialogue; this deters some spammers. Connections from
> Class A networks frequented by spammers will incur a
> longer delay.
> -g turns on grey/white list processing. All mail is
> rejected (with a retry code) unless the sender's IP
> address is on the whitelist, /mail/grey/whitelist, an
> append only file. Addresses can be added to the whitel-
> ist by the administrator. However, the usual way for
> addresses to be added is by smtpd itself. ... (Greylisting)
Both options make sense to me. -g might work out of the box, is there
anything I need to know before enabling it?
-D is new to me. I never heard about this extra delay when handling mail.
Can I safely enable that?
What configurations do you use?
I don't want to dive into ratfs for now. My mail traffic is low anyways.
sirjofri
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2020-11-20 15:53 sirjofri [this message]
2020-11-20 16:41 ` [9front] " Stanley Lieber
2020-11-20 16:44 ` ori
2020-11-20 17:04 ` Steve Simon
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