Re: [exim] dropping connection causes message to freeze

2008-10-23 Thread Anja Gawlik
Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Graeme Fowler >On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 13:45 +0200, Anja Gawlik wrote: >> I could not find a "reject" in the docus, do you mean "deny"? > >Aha, yes, sorry - was in the middle of an iptables ruleset at the time >so got my terminology m

Re: [exim] dropping connection causes message to freeze

2008-10-21 Thread Graeme Fowler
On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 13:45 +0200, Anja Gawlik wrote: > I could not find a "reject" in the docus, do you mean "deny"? Aha, yes, sorry - was in the middle of an iptables ruleset at the time so got my terminology mixed up. "deny", that's right. > And yes, you are right with your guess ;) So you ne

Re: [exim] dropping connection causes message to freeze

2008-10-21 Thread Anja Gawlik
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Graeme Fowler On Mon, 2008-10-20 at 10:11 +0200, Anja Gawlik wrote: >> Sending us thousands of spam messages isn't very friendly either ;) > >Use "reject" instead of "drop". > > >I'll hazard a guess

Re: [exim] dropping connection causes message to freeze

2008-10-20 Thread Graeme Fowler
On Mon, 2008-10-20 at 10:11 +0200, Anja Gawlik wrote: > Sending us thousands of spam messages isn't very friendly either ;) Use "reject" instead of "drop". It'll help prevent woodpeckers hammering away, as they're more likely to terminate their connection properly instead of saying to themselves "

Re: [exim] dropping connection causes message to freeze

2008-10-20 Thread Anja Gawlik
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Kjetil Torgrim Homme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Sonntag, 19. Oktober 2008 14:59 An: Anja Gawlik Cc: exim-users@exim.org Betreff: Re: [exim] dropping connection causes message to freeze >On Sat, 2008-10-18 at 20:14 +0200, Anja Gawlik wrote: >

Re: [exim] dropping connection causes message to freeze

2008-10-19 Thread Kjetil Torgrim Homme
On Sat, 2008-10-18 at 20:14 +0200, Anja Gawlik wrote: > I'm afraid I need some help with this, google and the docs couldn't > help me here. I try to get rid of spam as early as possible in > smtp-time. I therefore drop all mails with foreign domains right away, > they are spam anyway: > (this is de

[exim] dropping connection causes message to freeze

2008-10-18 Thread Anja Gawlik
Hi folks, I'm afraid I need some help with this, google and the docs couldn't help me here. I try to get rid of spam as early as possible in smtp-time. I therefore drop all mails with foreign domains right away, they are spam anyway: (this is debian config) acl_check_rcpt: accept hosts =