> > You can restrict the number of recipients (to 20, for example), which
> > would slow down the attacker....
>Ok. Where can I change this?
If you go to the Knowledge Base ( http://support.ipswitch.com ), and search
for "recipients", you will find it. It involves a registry change.
>But if it do not reject the email (only slow down them)... where is the
>advantage?
The advantage is that it slows them down.
>100 emails will take him 5 times more... but he will get the same
>results.... right?
Yes, but if you catch him before he is done (he probably has 100,000's of
names he wants to test), he will end up with fewer names. My guess is that
it would only cut down his time by about 50%, so you're not talking about a
huge slowdown for the spammer.
>If later I sent an email to all the accounts (suppose 50)... my outlook
>express will send the email 3 times??
That's correct. Normally, Outlook would send the E-mail once, and let
IMail know the 50 recipients. But, if you restrict it to 20 recipients,
Outlook would have to send the message 3 times (once to the first 20
people, again to 21-40, and finally 41-50).
-Scott
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