Simon Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Seems to me setting MAX_AUTORESPONSES_PER_DAY to 2 would mitigate > both issues somewhat, why is the default 50? Magical number picked > by Jason, or product of bitter experience?
50 was more or less a magic number. When I wrote the auto-response rate limiting support, no-one offered any feedback on the default value, so I chose high to be safe. The reason is because if the threshold is reached for the day, TMDA won't send any more replies to that address, which could result in a legitimate subscriber not being able to confirm his message. This feature is mainly meant to stop a runaway mail-loop as a last resort. Remember that _any_ type of auto-response counts towards MAX_AUTORESPONSES_PER_DAY, including bounce notices and confirmation acceptance notices in addition to the confirmation requests. So, 2 seems a bit low to me, as that will allow for only one challenge/response sequence per address per day. _____________________________________________ tmda-users mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://tmda.net/lists/listinfo/tmda-users
