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authorTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>2005-01-19 17:07:32 +0000
committerTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>2005-01-19 17:07:32 +0000
commit50f702103877eaa70551246edcf47eb5956a4fd6 (patch)
tree7de88b86416677b1aa7de538fb0c903cb7517bbe /libexec
parentb20cbdb2a3cf6edf3448cd8b50d914ea465bf7d4 (diff)
clarification; ok beck
Diffstat (limited to 'libexec')
-rw-r--r--libexec/spamd/spamd.819
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.