Re: mail-bombing

he number of simultaneous SMTP connections that it will accept. 2. Use a firewall (like netfilter, aka iptables) to rate limit outgoing smtp connections. You could also put in some alerts if some of these threaholds are exceeded. Cheers, Rob -- Robert Brockway B.Sc. Senior Technical

Re: Value of backup MX

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004, Andreas Barth wrote: > * Robert Brockway ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [041110 20:20]: > > Oh you mean reject mail for unknown recipients rather than bounce the > > mail[1]. Ok, I can see why you are suggesting it but it is an RFC > > violation. > > Why shou

Re: Value of backup MX

RFC violations fully aware of the fact (for the benefit of those reading along at home). [1] I thought you were suggesting the MTA should drop mail from unknown senders - a type of brutal white list :) Rob -- Robert Brockway B.Sc. Senior Technical Consultant, OpenTrend Solutions Ltd. Phone: 416

Re: Value of backup MX

very bad idea. Yes. Spam aside you are placing much trust in the admins of the backup MX if you do this. > if you have one, get rid of it ASAP. One opinion :) I happen to have a different opinion. Rob -- Robert Brockway B.Sc. Senior Technical Consultant, OpenTrend Solutions Ltd. Phone: 4

Re: Console on serial

rial port on my Linux boxes. Very useful for (say) sending an email with pine when the graphical console is being used by someone else. Rob -- Robert Brockway B.Sc. Senior Technical Consultant, OpenTrend Solutions Ltd. Phone: 416-669-3073, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.opentrend.net Op