On Wed, 2002-06-19 at 14:13, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Theodore Knab writes: > > > Why would you want to limit the max connections per IP on a per IP basis ? > > > > Many IMAP clients create multiple connections from the same IP when > > reading mail. > > Some, like Lookout, sometimes decide they need to open several hundred > simultaneous connections, for some reason. Ask someone who runs the UW-IMAP > server what happens then.
I was curious about that, and I found this: http://www.washington.edu/imap/IMAP-FAQs/index.html#7.5 ... Also beat up on the vendors of those clients for distributing denial-of-service attack tools in the guise of mail reading programs. cracks me up... ------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: ThinkGeek at http://www.ThinkGeek.com/ _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
