Hi all,

I am running a small Debian Etch mail server using sendmail version
8.13.8. I am using the GreetPause feature (30 seconds delay) in
sendmail.mc to get rid of most spam mails.

Now, is it possible to somehow deactivate this feature if a user
successfully authorized with smtp-auth? I don't want to wait 30 seconds
before my email gets accepted (the compose window of Thunderbird stays
open for 30 seconds of course - before it is able to continue).

Defining ip addresses or ranges in the access file does not really
as I often have a dynamic ip address when sending emails using smtp-auth.

Any is welcome,

thanks in advance, Joerg.

Joerg Morbitzer <jomo@morbitzer.de> writes:
> I am running a small Debian Etch mail server using sendmail version
> 8.13.8. I am using the GreetPause feature (30 seconds delay) in
> sendmail.mc to get rid of most spam mails.
>
> Now, is it possible to somehow deactivate this feature if a user
> successfully authorized with smtp-auth? I don't want to wait 30
> seconds before my email gets accepted (the compose window of
> Thunderbird stays open for 30 seconds of course - before it is able to
> continue).

The delay occurs *before* the connecting host has a chance to authenticate.

You may "separate" mx and smtp-send services to achieve your objective
e.g. by encouraging users to send messages using SMTP AUTH via MSA port
(587) instead of SMTP port (25) *AND* requiring SMTP AUTH on MSA port
*AND* using custom rules in Local_greet_pause rule set to disable the
pause for MSA connections.

> Defining ip addresses or ranges in the access file does not really
> as I often have a dynamic ip address when sending emails using
> smtp-auth.
>
> Any is welcome,

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