On Sat, Jan 13, 2007 at 03:28:07PM -0500, Andy Figueroa wrote: > Is the spamd option --auth-ident the only thing Net::Ident is used for?
Yes. > What is identd (I haven't found one on my system)? The idea is that a remote machine can ask who (user) is connecting to it. In this case, spamd can verify that the user calling it is the user that spamc says it is. Googling for "identd" brings up a bunch of results, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ident has some good info. > Will Net::Ident, properly implemented help spamassassin (spamd) identify > spam email? No. It has nothing to do with the rules. -- Randomly Selected Tagline: "There are more ways to reduce friction in metals then there were release dates for Windows 95." - Quantum on TLC
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