I would also recommend the declude hijack filter. It has saved me a couple of times.
Kindest Regards Craig Edmonds 123 Marbella Internet W: www.123marbella.com E : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marbella Guide Web Portal W: www.marbellaguide.com E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 5:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Mail Backlogging Will, Do you have any catch-all (nobody) aliases for any of your domains? If so, a single such domain can overwhelm a server when under dictionary attack. Catch-alls must be removed. The traffic will disappear immediately if this is the case. Also, it is definitely not uncommon for a business like yours to have clients using your server for bulk-mailing. You should set reasonable recipient limits per message (like 50 or so) and watch for people that have automated software that sends out even more. Looping can cause issues like this as well. Lastly, you may need to tweak your Declude.cfg settings in order to handle the normal traffic that you see. It seems that a lot of the higher volume servers backup when using the default settings, so this effect may be different from what you were seeing in the past. Maybe you could share your normal and peak volume along with your Declude.cfg settings with the list and get some feedback. Matt Will wrote: >I have had a problem with my Imail server backlogging mail for years now >where the spool directory will fill with hundreds of thousands of >messages. Now it's the proc folder with the new version of declude. >This issue has been ongoing throughout the years as I have upgraded both >Imail and Declude. It has come to the point where I have to purge >500,000 messages to get my mail server running again. > >I'm not sure what to do, as I need the virus and spam protection. > >Is there a way to block all mail from Romania and china? > >Will > > >--- >This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To >unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and >type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found >at http://www.mail-archive.com. > > > > --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. [ This E-mail has been scanned for Spam and Viruses by Declude ] [ Thank You For Using 123 Marbella Internet ] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
