Graziano wrote: > Hello > > suppose the spammer sends 1 MB pdf , and on assp I have > > npSize:=200000 > > The message will be received without any check (rbl,ptr,mx/a) ...because > the pdf is over 200000 bytes . > In this case it's better to have npSize:= , so assp could block the pdf > due to rbl for example. > > What do you think ?
If a spammer is sending 1mb attachments I would LOVE to have them send me more so i can soak up their bandwidth(read: cost them more money). In reality, that would never happen, no spammer will waste their time sending messages that large, bandwidth bills would be astronomical. Just sending one million messages(childs play for spammers) that size comes to almost one TeraByte of data. According to the "all knowing"(heh) wikipedia, the number of spam messages per day numbers 90 billion as of Feb of this year. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_spam#In_absolute_numbers ) Let's suppose that 1% of that turns into 1mb attachments, thats 900 MILLION messages, or 900 TeraBytes of data, this would require more bandwidth that youtube.com uses per day, not something a spammer would normally have. Last year youtube.com was estimated to spend around 1 million$ (US dollars) per month on bandwidth alone. Think a spammer will want to spend that? I don't. (they like their botnets) So, in response to your question, i think it's a non issue. If you REALLY want to feel save, change your 'npSize' to 1Mb. The setting is there to prevent ASSP wasting resources on large messages that, 99.9% of the time, are going to be nonspam. For the record my 'npSize' is set to "2621440"(2.5 megabytes) with no issues to report. We routinely send and receive 2-20Mb+ pdf files(lots of 2mb ones, the reason for my high setting), and ASSP humms along. Kevin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user
