The slow.honey file

A pattern for a honeypot file is created when you first install the slowmilt system (usually as /etc/mail/milter/slow/slow.honey.pat). If this is a new installation, just copy that file into its official name as defined by the HoneyFile configuration item.


% cd /etc/mail/milter/slow

% cp slow.honey.pat slow.honey

% vi slow.honey

If this is an upgrade to an existing setup, then you may contiue to the next step.

That slow.honey file is composed of one email address per line (without enclosing angle braces). For example:


user@your.domain

Here, the "user" is any user name you expect to be a target of fishing, such as "a" or "helen". The "your.doman" part is the part of your email address to the right of the '@' symbol that is normal for your site.

Lines that begin with a '#' and empty lines are ignored.

It is okay for the slow.honey file to be empty. In that instance, no honeypot addresses will be searched, but the file is ready for you to add them later.

Note that the slow.honey file is read only once when the slowmilt milter begins to run. If you change the contents of HoneyFile, you will need to restart slowmilt for those new contents to be recognized.