Comments on: Shades of Greylisting http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7165/ Open Source, Open Standards Sat, 05 Oct 2013 13:48:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: ggoodspeed http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7165/#comment-5819 ggoodspeed Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7165/#comment-5819 I've installed milter-greylist on Red Hat servers a couple of times and was tripped up by an unmentioned installation error. Milter-greylist runs as smmsp and it requires access to /var/milter-greylist. The installation process does not give the correct permissions to /var/milter-greylist, and the milter does not start. To fix, change the ownership on this directory:<br /> <br /> chown smmsp /var/milter-greylist I’ve installed milter-greylist on Red Hat servers a couple of times and was tripped up by an unmentioned installation error. Milter-greylist runs as smmsp and it requires access to /var/milter-greylist. The installation process does not give the correct permissions to /var/milter-greylist, and the milter does not start. To fix, change the ownership on this directory:

chown smmsp /var/milter-greylist

]]> By: harishpillay http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7165/#comment-5820 harishpillay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7165/#comment-5820 I have been running milter-greylist since mid-2006 on a couple of servers I manage and the impact was stunning. Spam went from whatever it was to nearly zero. What is crucial from my point of view is the simplicity that makes this work so well. I have been running milter-greylist since mid-2006 on a couple of servers I manage and the impact was stunning. Spam went from whatever it was to nearly zero. What is crucial from my point of view is the simplicity that makes this work so well.

]]> By: bsdlinux http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7165/#comment-5821 bsdlinux Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7165/#comment-5821 In OpenBSD, graylisting is enabled by default via the spamd_grey variable in /etc/rc.conf In OpenBSD, graylisting is enabled by default via the spamd_grey variable in /etc/rc.conf

]]> By: martix http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7165/#comment-5822 martix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7165/#comment-5822 I use postgrey in conjunction with my postfix and it works like a charm, actually it reduces the spam as is, postgrey and other spam detection techniques as bayesian rules, SPF, RBL, DKIM, do a great job if they are properly configured and tuned for the specific server. Regards! I use postgrey in conjunction with my postfix and it works like a charm, actually it reduces the spam as is, postgrey and other spam detection techniques as bayesian rules, SPF, RBL, DKIM, do a great job if they are properly configured and tuned for the specific server. Regards!

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