> > I wonder if there is a way to deactivate the teergrube in Courier > without recompiling? > > Nope. > > > Maybe there is even a way to exclude (whitelist) single IPs from > tarpitting? > > Stripping a mail server of its defenses against hostile peers, instead > of fixing whatever problem causes the peer to shovel crap in the > server's direction, is a rather foolish and a naive decision. >
Hi Sam, I _definitely_ agree with you. Courier has been serving us well for years now, teergrube included. The reason why I want to know is, that I want to use a spam filter in front of courier on a separate machine. This would be ASSP (assp.sourceforge.net) which works as a proxy. Now if mailserver.somewhere.com wants to send me an email Courier logs like this: Nov 14 01:01:16 jupiter courierd: newmsg,id=007174C6.473A3AC6.00007A1F: dns; lists-outbound.sourceforge.net (sirius.netgroup.de [::ffff:195.138.34.209]) [...] Nov 14 01:01:20 jupiter courierd: completed,id=007174C6.473A3AC6.00007A1F If all incoming connections, good or bad, carry the IP of my spam filter then I am afraid of tarpitting my own machine. There are strange delays and I would like to check if tarpitting is the reason. Regards Dirk Kulmsee ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
