thanks Timo and Chuck,


this explains heaps.

re the time to try again, so it will go through,

i get in /var/log/maillog:
>>>
Jun 17 16:03:26 spirit sendmail[549]: k5H5w30b000296: to=<port-sparc@NetBSD.org>, delay=00:05:12,
xdelay=00:00:02, mailer=esmtp, pri=363222, relay=mail.netbsd.org. [204.152.190.11], dsn=4.2.0,
stat=Deferred: 450 <port-sparc@NetBSD.org>: Recipient address rejected: Greylisting in action,
please try later
Jun 17 17:49:26 spirit sm-mta[2510]: k5H5w30b000296: to=<port-sparc@NetBSD.org>, delay=01:51:12,
xdelay=00:00:03, mailer=esmtp, pri=1443222, relay=mail.netbsd.org. [204.152.190.11], dsn=4.2.0,
stat=Deferred: 450 <port-sparc@NetBSD.org>: Recipient address rejected: Greylisting in action,
please try later
>>>


does that mean try again in 5 minutes for the first one?
it doesn't exactly say "try again in x minutes"

also the second one says nearly 2 hrs!
horror horror.

thks,
Paul.






Timo Schoeler wrote:

> > Hi,
> > i have some mail posts that get rejected from netbsd majordomo.
> > Keep getting:
> >
> > "Greylisting in action, please try later"
> >
> > Does it think i'm spam?
> > What can I do, it's a real pain.
> > I can't communicate about netbsd!
> > (ps hope this gets through)
> >
> > thanks,
> > Paul.
>
> hi paul,
>
> yes, it's a spam defense method, but there are different opinions about
> that; my company stopped using greylisting as it increases the load on
> the senders MTA.
>
> however, usually there is a 'timeframe' mentioned in the maillog (at
> which you had a look, as you wrote earlier).
>
> you can speed up the process of becoming a 'legal' MTA; e.g., when you
> sent an email at 10:00pm and the greylister said 'try again in 7
> minutes, then re-queue your email at 10:08pm and it will go through
> immediately as every email you send from now on will -- as you are
> 'whitelisted' for you MTA's IP address from now on.
>
> however, if you have a non-static IP address on your MTA, this problem
> will occur after every disconnect/new assigned IP address.
>
> HTH,
>
> timo
>
> ps: i'd recommend to pull every stick out of your SS5, clean the sockets
> with compressed air (don't touch them), and reseat the memory sticks.
> maybe corrosion, dust or something causes trouble.

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Paul
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