Greet pause

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Anti-spam technique: Greet pause
Date of first use: early 2000s
Effectiveness: Medium
Popularity: Medium
Difficulty of implementation: Easy
Where implemented: MTA
Harm: Low to Medium


Greet pause simply delaying before a server sends the initial banner. Some spamware is very impatient and will drop the connection if it doesn't see a banner within a few seconds.

Some servers have used a pause as long as a full minute which is reported to deter large amounts of spam, at the cost of considerable delays in legitimate mail.

Greet pause is sometimes use in combination with Early talker detection.