On 26 September 2007, Craig Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Liviu Daia wrote:
> >
> >     How does spamd distinguish between a legitimate retry and a
> > re-injection of the same message with the same Message-Id, sender
> > etc.?
>
> It doesn't.
>
> Just what you described would probably be within the default 25 mins
> grey period.

    Why should it?  The second copy is sent in a separate run, that's
the whole point.  The only thing the bot has to figure out is how long
to wait until the second run.  A smart one would send a second copy
after 10 minutes, and a third one after, say, 35 minutes.

> Another delivery attempt would be needed after this time to pass
> spamd.

    Moral: randomize the greylisting time...

    Regards,

    Liviu Daia

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Dr. Liviu Daia                                  http://www.imar.ro/~daia

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