[OT] sendmail equivalent of zmailer's MaxSameIpSource ??

paddy paddy at PANICI.NET
Thu Dec 30 15:16:17 GMT 2004


On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 03:00:35PM +0000, Julian Field wrote:
> Oops, sorry, just read your posting again (more carefully this time).
> The IPBlock code doesn't limit the max number of simultaneous
> connections, it limits the max number of messages per hour accepted from
> any particular IP address, thereby choking spam zombies. Still, it's not
> exactly what you were asking for, but it might solve your problem via a
> different route.

Yeah, I'm at the thinking out loud stage.  IPblock turns out to have been
a helpful suggestion - I'm quite entertained by the prospect of simply
dropping their packets in the bit-bucket :)

Regards,
Paddy
--
Perl 6 will give you the big knob. -- Larry Wall

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