Graeme Fowler wrote: > On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 11:34 -0400, Dean Brooks wrote: > >> The only caveat is that there is not currently a way to read the value >> of a ratelimit counter without causing the counter to advance at >> least once in the ACLs. >> >> This was discussed last November here: >> >> >> http://www.exim.org/mail-archives/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20061106/msg00323.html >> > > Indeed it was - thanks for the reminder. Interested parties might care > to look at Bugzilla #428 here: > > http://www.exim.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=428 > > A patch to allow the ratelimit counter to be read without incrementing > it (/ noupdate) has been committed to CVS by Philip this afternoon, so > it'll be in the nightly snapshot as of tomorrow. > > Those who requested this feature back in November would do well to test > it, either by downloading tomorrow's snapshot or applying the patch > referenced in bug 428 against Exim 4.67. Usage instructions are in the > bug report. > > Graeme > >
Thanks Graeme for adding this feature. I think that it will be useful as a short term greylist feature such as reducing the effect of dictionary attacks. After a number of bad recipients the server could defer for 5 minutes mail coming from the attacking IP. -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
