On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 02:53, Steve C. Lamb wrote: > On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 05:32:59PM +1000, Rob Weir wrote: > > Hm, now I check, 27253 of those did *not* come from my secondary MXs. > > That is a stupid amount of crap. In fact, it is 3.8985GB of crap. > > Imagine that instead of dropping that shit on the floor, you sent a CR > > query. You've just doubled the number of mails flying around (thought > > not the volume, of course). > > Ya forgot to mention that of those 27253 messages (just using your count > as an example) damn nead close to 0 are likely to reach an infected host since > SWEN spoofs and lots of C-R systems fall for it. > > BTW, just curious how you detect SWEN before the MTA gets it? Usually > mine is post-contact on at least one occasion. After that it was firewall but > now it is just drop on a RCPT test. Hrm, should make it a HELO test. :/
I've got a simple "pre-fetchmail" script that deletes any emails larger than 130000 bytes while still sitting on the pop server. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA "...always eager to extend a friendly claw" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]