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Re: postgrey vs targrey

From: Troy Piggins <troy_postfix_at_nospam>
Date: Fri Apr 29 2011 - 00:58:21 GMT
To: postfix-users@postfix.org

* Michael Orlitzky wrote :
> On 04/28/2011 07:45 PM, Troy Piggins wrote:
> > Might not be the right place to post this, so just let me know to
> > move on if so...
> >
> > I've been using the wonderful postgrey on my server and it seems to
> > do a wonderful job of cutting down spam. I am now curious about the
> > targrey patch and whether it would be worthwhile addition, or do you
> > find that just postgrey alone is sufficient? What would it catch
> > that postgrey doesn't?
>
> My brain would need an upgrade to understand that website. What does
> targrey do exactly?

As I understand it, targrey is a patch to postgrey that adds
tarpitting features.

> If your definition of tarpit is the same as mine, then fail2ban works
> much easier.

I see. I do have fail2ban as well, so will just keep my current
postgrey setup as is.

-- Troy Piggins