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Greylisting: The worst thing to happen to email since spam
marco.org — Explanation and editorial about greylisting, a new anti-spam measure that causes legitimate messages to be delayed anywhere from 15 minutes to 24 hours. Your email provider might be doing it without your knowledge. This explains how it works, why it's ineffective against spam, and why it degrades the legitimate use of email.
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- nescire, on 11/08/2007, -1/+1Gmail manages to filter most spam out without doing this.
- dwalker, on 11/08/2007, -0/+1Rubbish - you just have not understood the issue!
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