2003-12-19 23:38:10 +01:00
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Tagged Message Delivery Agent (TMDA) is designed to significantly reduce the
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amount of spam (junk-mail) you receive. TMDA strives to be more effective,
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yet less time-consuming than traditional spam filters.
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2001-06-27 04:56:36 +02:00
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2003-12-19 23:38:10 +01:00
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The technical countermeasures used by TMDA to thwart spam include:
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- whitelists: accept mail from known, trusted senders
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- blacklists: refuse mail from undesired senders
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- challenge/response: allows unknown senders which aren't on the whitelist or
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blacklist the chance to confirm that their message is legitimate (non-spam)
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- tagged addresses: special-purpose e-mail addresses such as time-dependent
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addresses, or addresses which only accept certain kinds of communication.
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These increase the transparency of TMDA for unknown senders by allowing them
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to safely circumvent the challenge/response system.
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2001-06-27 04:56:36 +02:00
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2003-12-19 23:38:10 +01:00
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TMDA can also be used as a general purpose local mail delivery agent to filter,
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sort, deliver and dispose of incoming mail.
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Author: Jason R. Mastaler
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2013-03-28 17:28:59 +01:00
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WWW: http://tmda.net/
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