I think they are useful, but if you implement them, also add a switch 
for the second option that would allow the admin to choose whether the 
server will not respond to all clients for n seconds or just to the same 
IP/subnet/something..

Davide Libenzi wrote:

>On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Lars Troen wrote:
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>>smtpd_error_sleep_time (default: 5 seconds)=20
>>When the per-session error count is small, the SMTP server pauses only =
>>when reporting a problem to a client. The purpose is to prevent naive =
>>clients from going into a fast connect-error-disconnect loop.=20
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>>smtpd_soft_error_limit (default: 10)=20
>>When the per-session error count exceeds this value, the SMTP server =
>>sleeps error_count seconds before responding to a client request.=20
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>>smtpd_hard_error_limit (default: 100)=20
>>When the per-session error count exceeds this value, the SMTP server =
>>disconnects.=20
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>Ok, let's have a poll ... how many of you find these options _really_
>usefull and would like to have them ?
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