[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A few times my server has gotten hit by spam (queue would get backed
> up by about 30,000 messages in the local queue) This caused any new
> mail that is sent by our customers to not be processed until it
> cranked through the 30,000 messages in the queue.
I assume you mean you got joe-jobbed and your queue filled up with
bounces. This has happened to us as well, but to the tune of a million
messages or so, not 30,000 :).
> Most of the time I just end up deleting the queue because it would
> take a long time to process all of that mail. Is there any way I can
> stop this from happening??
You could have a separate machine handling bounces -- i.e. mail is
received by one machine, but sent by another. Outgoing mail would then
be unaffected by such a bounce storm.
> Are there any tools (Log analyzers) that can stop the spam before it
> gets this bad or is this somthing that is in demand that I should look
> into writing??
qmail-mrtg lets you see some realtime stats about your mail queue.
Charles
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