On Thu, 2 May 2002, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:

>
> This is the example from server.tab:
>
> "CustMapsList"  
>"relays.mail-abuse.org.:-8,blackholes.mail-abuse.org.:1,dialups.mail-abuse.org.:0"
>
> So I want to use ORDB.ORG
>
> Howto setup for ORDB.ORG?
> "CustMapsList"  "relays.ordb.org.:-8"
> Just s.th. like this?
>
> What is the best option if a 'spammer' connects?
>  1       = the connection is drooped soon
>  0       = the connection is kept alive but only authenticated users can send mail
> -S       = the peer can send messages but a delay of S seconds will be introduced 
>between commands
>
> Which option will make the greatest damage to him?

it's up to you. the delay approach let you accept email at a very slow
rate and this usually makes real spammers to stay away from you server.
but i said usually and this does not prevent spammers to DoS your server
by opening multiple slow connections by saturating your receiving threads.


> And do I need to set:
> "SMTP-RDNSCheck"        "1"

up to you, again.



- Davide


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