High CPU load, RCPT TO: (solved)

Dirk Enrique Seiffert ds at CARIBENET.COM
Thu Feb 3 19:36:21 GMT 2005


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> Oh yes, and one more thing.. you might want to add this to your
> sendmail.mc: #after 15 invalid recpipients, start slowing them down with
> #1 second sleeps
> define(`confBAD_RCPT_THROTTLE',15)
>
> Then rebuild your sendmail.cf and do a service MailScanner restart.

This indeed solved: The rumplekill script alone did not do the job. Though it
showes an average of 60 rumple-attacks a day!

Thanks a lot for your help!!

Best wishes

--
Dirk Enrique Seiffert
CaribeNet S.A. - Cartagena - Colombia
www.caribenet.com

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