Re: OFF TOPIC -EBAY and NOTICE THAT YOUR ACCOUNT MAY BE SUSPENDED

Hi,

Sorry if this is drifting slightly OT to the oracle list, but here is a topic related question.

Has anyone used 'greylisting' with success? 'Greylisting' is supposed to catch spam that might not be initially recognized by 'spamcop', 'dcc', etc.

The 'greylisting' concept as I understand it: all incoming email are supposed to fail 1st time using some low-level mail protocol, you delay the retransittal request for a 'set' period (maybe 1 hour), and then see if the either the email is retransmitted or the originator has been added to the spam list. The delay is supposed to also catch the new spam sites, but I've not heard if it works as 'advertised'.

Regards,

Mike Thomas

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 11:55:26 -0500, Gogala, Mladen <MGogala_at_allegientsystems.com> wrote:
> Vipul's Razor invoked from Spamassassin keeps this Grinch at bay. I found
> one in My bulk folder. The originating address is recognized both by SpamCop
> and DCC.
>
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> Mladen Gogala
> Ext. 121
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duret, Kathy [mailto:kduret_at_starkinvestments.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 10:28 AM
> To: Oracle L (E-mail)
> Subject: OFF TOPIC -EBAY and NOTICE THAT YOUR ACCOUNT MAY BE SUSPENDED
>
> If you get this email it is a fraud....
>
> My friend at work just got one.
>
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