Len, thanks for quick reply. I was curious about it being DOS, but didn't think the volume was high enough to freeze my services.
I did put flowgo in kill.lst yesterday. It hits the logs but indicates it is an "unaccepted address". However there is one (pm0.net) that I can't seem to stop. I put it in kill.lst -- didn't stop it. Then I created two rules -- one on FROM and other SENDER, just to make sure. Restarted STMP. When I get in the office tomorrow, I'll work on it some more. Again, thanks. You've always been helpful. Merry Christmas. John -----Original Message----- From: Len Conrad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 22:06:24 -0600 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Major problem > > >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/ > -- _______________________________________________ 1 cent a minute calls anywhere in the U.S.! http://www.getpennytalk.com/cgi-bin/adforward.cgi?p_key=RG9853KJ&url=http://www.getpennytalk.com 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/
