Thanks for the message Mark! > -----Original Message----- > From: Rice, MA Mark (6750) @ IS > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 9:54 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: [SAtalk] SA users implementing DCC > > > SA users that implement DCC need this info... > [Forwarded from the DCC mailing list.] > > - Mark Rice > > > ---------- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 1:01 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: DCC digest, Vol 1 #389 - 1 msg > > > > > > > > According to reports from other people, the SpamAssassin > > documentation does mention using `cdcc info` to see if the DCC > > client is working, but doesn't say why it matters or what you're > > supposed to look for. > > > > It would be swell if someone with access to SpamAssassin > > mailing listsor something could encourage that documentation to > > say that `cdcc info`should find at least one preferablly more > > than half a dozen of the public DCC servers. If it doesn't, a > > likely cause is an interferingfirewall. A common firewall > > configuration passes outgoing DCC/UDP/IP requests to distant port > > 6277 but rejects responses. That combined with the DCC client > > code's retransmission mechanisms can multiply the outgoing > > requests by more than 50 times. (Never mind that large > > multiplication applies only to dccproc and that recent versions > > of dccproc should throttle the flood to a dozen or two every > > few minutes.)
Is this for firewall configurations that specifically reject responses? Is the communication session based like HTTP in which a stateful inspection would allow the server response by default? I assume by the post that if `cdcc info` works correctly then the firewall is not an issue. Correct? Thanks Again, Larry ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
