what is greylisting?

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telvenes
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what is greylisting?

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What is greylisting and why does it take so long time to deliver mail that is in waiting?
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Re: what is greylisting?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greylisting

In short words, it blocks all first mail delivery attempts from an IP, and allows the second attempt after 5 minutes.
Most spammers that use botnets use a single delivery attempt, thus making it an effective way of filtering spam. but with the drawback that all mail is delayed with at least 5 min.
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