Wietse Venema wrote
> Postscreen does not cache FAIL results. That would be a stupid idea:
> the vast majority of IP addresses should not send email directly
> across the Internet, and spambots are short-lived.
Mayhem:
> The spam bots are not that short-lived though. I see the same IP's
> for weeks on end.
You are using an unusual definition of spambot. postscreen targets
infected PCs which were at one point responsible for 90% of all
spam.
Regardless, the vast majority of IP addresses should not send mail
directly across the internet. Caching those addresses would be a
stupid waste of resources.
Wietse
