Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964916AbWLMMwl (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:52:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964924AbWLMMwk (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:52:40 -0500 Received: from pat.uio.no ([129.240.10.15]:33881 "EHLO pat.uio.no" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964916AbWLMMwk (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:52:40 -0500 Subject: Re: Postgrey experiment at VGER From: Trond Myklebust To: Dumitru Ciobarcianu Cc: Matti Aarnio , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1166001902.15211.4.camel@DustPuppy.LNX.RO> References: <20061212235056.GP10054@mea-ext.zmailer.org> <1166001902.15211.4.camel@DustPuppy.LNX.RO> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:52:02 -0500 Message-Id: <1166014322.5695.30.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-UiO-Spam-info: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-3.219, required 12, autolearn=disabled, AWL 1.64, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL 0.14, UIO_MAIL_IS_INTERNAL -5.00) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 923 Lines: 21 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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/