-------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:06:13 -0500 > Von: "Mark Nernberg (gmail account)" <marknernb...@gmail.com> > An: Postfix users <postfix-users@postfix.org> > CC: Postfix users <postfix-users@postfix.org> > Betreff: Re: The method behind the madness
> > > -- > sent from my mobile phone > > > > On Jan 18, 2010, at 18:54, wie...@porcupine.org (Wietse Venema) wrote: > > > Stan Hoeppner: > > [ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ] > >> Mark Nernberg (gmail account) put forth on 1/18/2010 4:50 PM: > >>> > >>> > >>> On Jan 18, 2010, at 17:48, Stan Hoeppner <s...@hardwarefreak.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Mark Nernberg (gmail account) put forth on 1/18/2010 4:17 PM: > >>>> > >>>>> I have achieved this with a slightly hacked TMDA (www.tmda.net). > >>>>> if you > >>>>> want my modifications, contact me off-list. > >>>> > >>>> I'm surprised you actually mentioned a solution whose core > >>>> feature is > >>>> challenge/response. C/R is one of those "cures" that far is worse > >>>> than the disease. > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Stan > >>> > >>> I got rid of the C/R ... I wanted auto whitelisting & some of the > >>> other > >>> features. hence my modifications. > >> > >> From: > >> > http://tmda.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/TmdaFaq#head-0b1aee3c2decf32a26ffcc12b397f9d3cec3fdc0 > >> > >> How do I setup an "auto-whitelist"? > > > > I'm sure that it is possible to MODIFY the TMDA source code such > > that it will handle auto-whitelisting without challenge-response. > > > > Conceptually, it's as simple as 1) never sending the challenge and > > 2) skipping the "was this challenge confirmed" check. > > > > After that change, there is a lot of code that can be deleted > > because it is no longer used. > > > > Given the choice between starting from scratch, and starting with > > code that already works, the choice should be clear. The only reason > > to write Postfix in the first place was that I could not live with > > the alternatives. > > > > Wietse > > the code did not need to be modified to skip the challenge - that's > configurable in the users' and global .config files. > > I do challenge *some* emails, but anyone I send to is auto-whitelisted > without hassle - their replies cone through without challenge. > further, I've set the config to add a header such that known senders > will skip certain spam checks (but not AV) vis-a-vis having > spamassassin look for the added header. > You don't seem to be very confident in your Anti-Spam solution if you skip certain senders. Does your Anti-Spam solution not have an mechanism to automatically skip checking mails form senders you communicate often? > my modifications were to make LDAP functionality work right. -- GRATIS für alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01
