>Beginning Friday, our server basically stopped functioning. The temporary >T*.smd files never get converted to Q*.smd, probably because the D*.smd >files are imcomplete. As opposed to containing the complete message, they >only have the first two lines. > >The volume of incoming mail has increased dramatically at the same time, >but I think it is still below the server ability to handle it. (Up from >7,000 msg/day to 30,000.)
it's the Christmas last minute rush > I'm not ready to lay blame to a DOS you're being abused. >12:22 14:51 SMTPD(000702A0) [64.124.202.159] EHLO MAILER159.flowgo.com .... is notorious spewer of crap. filter it and the ip is in blacklists you're being abused. 30k/day really isn't too bad, 30k/hour is getting hard to handle. If you have a powerful machine, get something from declude. if you have a machine that's already quite busy, put IMGate out front Len Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
