Delays in forum postings
From:
Steven Clift
Date:
Jan 14 18:52 UTC
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Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:18:59 +1300
From: Richard Waid <<email obscured>>
On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 21:20 -0600, Steven Clift wrote:
> As I understand there is a first time e-mail to post delay of 30
> minutes as part of an anti-spam "grey list" feature.
>
> I am not exactly sure why it is 30 minutes. It may be that with the
> recent upgrade the greylisting to "white list" feature was reset.
> Once an e-mail address successfully posts, the delay should be
> removed.
Hi all:
It isn't actually 30 minutes -- it's actually more like 5 minutes,
*HOWEVER* some email servers may backoff to 30 minutes when they receive
the initial refusal.
Unfortunately, like many email providers we have to deal with torrents
of spam, and grey-listing is the most effective measure that we have. I
can try experimenting with the threshold again, but it's a difficult to
get right for everyone, while still effectively rejecting spam.
Best regards,
.