Re: mailserver using dfbsd

[Bill Hacker <wbh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Dillon wrote:

> :Hi,
> :
> :I'm going to install dragonflybsd on two mail server proxies: primary and secondary MX with milter-greylist on.
> :I need to share greylist data on both of them, I can do it using a dbms and I'll modify milter source code to store
> :such data in dbms instead RAM.
> :
> :Are there more efficient features on dfbsd to share (or exchange) such greylist data from primary and secondary host?
> :
> :
> :Best regards,            \fer
> :--
> :NonSoLoSoft - http://www.nonsolosoft.com/
>
>     I don't think you can safely update a dbms database file shared via NFS,
>     if that's what you intend to do.
>
>     What I recommend is that you simply make one machine the master and have
>     a cron job on the secondary machinepull the greylist from the primary
>     machine once an hour.  Something like (in csh)
>
>     (cron job script on secondary machine)
>
>     #!/bin/csh
>     rm -f greylist.new
>     fetch -q -o greylist.new ftp://primary.machine/hidden-location-of-greylist 
> 			    (or http://)
>     if ( $status == 0 ) then
> 	mv -f greylist.new greylist.db
> 	# be quiet if everything succeeded so no cron mail is generated
>     else
> 	echo "Secondary machine unable to pull greylist from primary machine"
>     endif
>    
> 					-Matt
> 					Matthew Dillon 
> 					<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

This really isn't a DragonFly-specific issue...

But if greylisting is to work, it needs data updating capability at 
sub-one-minute intervals.

Not that it matters.

Many spam engines and zombies are programmed to defeat greylisting, unless 
already blocked by other means.

As they should be. Most alternatives are more effective and don't need the 
overhead OR the DB of greylisting.

Bill