On Sunday, 8 January 2006 at 23:02:11 -0700, Daniel Webb wrote: > I have been using the greylistd Debian package by Tor Slettnes for well over a > year now, and have found something quite astonishing: when I started using > greylistd, I received around 30-50 spams a day. I installed greylistd and it > cut that by about 80%, which is similar to reports by others. In the last > several months, it occurred to me that I don't get many spams at all any more, > so I turned off greylistd. I receive almost no spam at all now. Has spam > drastically fallen in the last year? One person I know said they get about > the same as last year. Is it because the spammers are treating the SMTP "try > again later" code the same as a bounce and remove me from their lists? > > Believe me, I'm not complaining, but what the heck is up?
I certainly get more every week. My spam count is over 200 per day. Well, not any more. I followed your (implicit) advice, and installed greylistd yesterday. The first 24 hours caused a reduction to around 12-15 spams. So: thanks. That has improved my quality of life more than most five-minute actions could. -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
