Definitions

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  • noun A list resembling a blacklist for less serious offences.
  • verb transitive To place on a greylist.

Etymologies

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grey +‎ list

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Examples

  • Some operators allowed customers to "greylist" stolen phones - blocking the SIM card but not the handset.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • The letter follows Cayman's inclusion in a "greylist" of nations identified by the OECD as lacking in terms of compliance with international standards.

    Cayman Net News Daily Headlines 2009

  • But there is also a separate "greylist" of countries.

    euronews 2009

  • I had problems with the greylist server, so I disabled gld and removed the associated bits from my postfix config.

    Whither Spam? 2008

  • My existing greylist and my growing blacklist are doing a pretty good job of keeping the junk out of sight so far.

    FontLeech: The Free Font Blog 2005

  • My existing greylist and my growing blacklist are doing a pretty good job of keeping the junk out of sight so far.

    Blacklist Peering Plugin 2005

  • ` And I'll guarantee to get you off the army greylist.

    Tiger! Tiger! Bester, Alfred 1955

  • I'm on the army greylist ... suspected, watched, reported.

    Tiger! Tiger! Bester, Alfred 1955

  • The view on the mail transfer agent (MTA) statistics uses data from sendmail, mailscanner and milter-greylist, such as refused connections to the SMTP port, filtered spams and the number of delivered messages.

    Linux Magazine Full Feed 2010

  • The new MTA view in Monitorix shows mail connections, queues and greylist statistics.

    Linux Magazine Full Feed 2010

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