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author | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2005-01-19 17:07:32 +0000 |
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committer | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2005-01-19 17:07:32 +0000 |
commit | 50f702103877eaa70551246edcf47eb5956a4fd6 (patch) | |
tree | 7de88b86416677b1aa7de538fb0c903cb7517bbe /libexec | |
parent | b20cbdb2a3cf6edf3448cd8b50d914ea465bf7d4 (diff) |
clarification; ok beck
Diffstat (limited to 'libexec')
-rw-r--r-- | libexec/spamd/spamd.8 | 19 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/libexec/spamd/spamd.8 b/libexec/spamd/spamd.8 index e6b0a012fa8..299f519c5e6 100644 --- a/libexec/spamd/spamd.8 +++ b/libexec/spamd/spamd.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: spamd.8,v 1.51 2004/10/05 21:04:36 beck Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: spamd.8,v 1.52 2005/01/19 17:07:31 deraadt Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2002 Theo de Raadt. All rights reserved. .\" @@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ it will attempt to waste the time and resources of the spam sender. The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl 4 -Return error code 450 to the spammer (default). +For black listed entries, return error code 450 to the spammer (default). .It Fl 5 -Return error code 550 to the spammer. +For black-listed entries, return error code 550 to the spammer. .It Fl B Ar maxblack The maximum number of concurrent blacklisted connections to allow in greylisting mode. @@ -84,6 +84,13 @@ into the background. Adjust the three time parameters for greylisting; see .Sx GREYLISTING below. +.Ar passtime +defaults to 25 (minutes), +.Ar greyexp +to 4 (hours), +and +.Ar whiteexp +to 864 (hours, approximately 36 days). .It Fl g Greylisting mode; see .Sx GREYLISTING @@ -252,7 +259,7 @@ A previously unseen tuple is added to the database, recording the time an initial connection attempt was seen. After .Em passtime -minutes (by default 25) if +minutes if .Nm sees a retried attempt to deliver mail for the same tuple, .Nm @@ -308,7 +315,7 @@ removes tuple entries from the .Pa /var/db/spamd database if delivery has not been retried within .Em greyexp -hours (by default 4) from the initial time a connection is seen. +hours from the initial time a connection is seen. The default is 4 hours as this is the most common setting after which MTA's will give up attempting to retry delivery of a message. .Pp @@ -320,7 +327,7 @@ whitelisted address by .Xr spamlogd 8 within .Em whiteexp -hours (by default 864, or 36 days) from the initial time an address +hours from the initial time an address is whitelisted. The default is 36 days to allow for the delivery of monthly mailing list digests without greylist delays every time. |