On Fri, 01 May 2015 10:53:14 -0400, Chris Siebenmann <[email protected]> wrote: >> After receiving a phishing e-mail where the recipient gave away the >> address and password and that resulted in a huge number of e-mails >> coming in and going out. I was wondering whether a rate limit could >> have reduced the damage? > > It's extremely likely that a ratelimit on message submission would >limit the damage by limiting how much email the spammer could send out >through you before you detected and cut them off.
Also, a ratelimit kicking in can serve as an easy metric to detect mail accounts that would be worth taking a closer look. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834 -- ## List details at https://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
