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From: Michael Coulter <mjc(at)bitz.ca>
Date: Fri Dec 20 2002 - 22:45:11 EST

spamd.8.orig Fri Dec 20 19:39:10 2002 +++ spamd.8 Fri Dec 20 19:43:53 2002 @@ -78,21 +78,21 @@
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Block (or slowly block) This works well, the spammers are blocked, and cannot -access your hosts services. Unfortunately this does little to combat the +access your host's services. Unfortunately this does little to combat the problem of spam in general, allowing the spammer to continue to spam others.
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addon. This works well for many sites also. All the mail that is recieved by your host is processed by a set of rules, and the spam is either deleted -or flagged for further action. Unfortunately this method can sonsume a +or flagged for further action. Unfortunately this method can consume a considerable amount of your systems resources.
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-does, is to defer the spammers connections. It does this in a manner -designed to use as few local resources as possible, while consuming as much +does, is defer the spammers connections. It does this in a manner +designed to use as few local resources as possible, while consuming as much of the spammers resources as possible.
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replies to the spammers mail with error codes which cause will cause mail @@ -100,11 +100,11 @@ space, and to be resent multiple times, using network resources.
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-does not follow the pollicy of playing nice with your neighbor. Clients +does not follow the policy of playing nice with your neighbor. Clients which reach
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have already been flagged as being spammers. The only way to combat spam is -to remove the senders ability to deliver it. In this case, that means force +to remove the sender's ability to deliver it. In this case, that means force the delivery of spam to have a very high overhead for the remote relay.
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