On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 11:52:38PM +0100, Andreas Fuchs wrote: > Today, Adam McKenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 11:49:09PM +0100, Andreas Fuchs wrote: > >> Right. I just thought up a scheme to exploit this, based on the fake > >> source-IP address approach you find in descriptions of ping-floods. > > > > Wow, you're pretty smart. Nobody has thought of this before, > > especially not the authors of said programs. > > *makes a mental note never to use the term "I just thought up" again* > > Please enlighten me, anyway: Why is bouncing the full body of the mail > you received from a person who claims to be Adam back to Adam a good > idea?
This is an implementation issue, not a philosophical issue. Since I only use TMDA I can't speak for others but TMDA has a CONFIRM_MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE configuration variable, which will exclude the body of the message from the confirmation request if its size exceeds the defined value. The default is 50k. --Adam -- Adam McKenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>