So this feature is in essence useless for me in your opinion. So, how do I disable it in Imail? Eventually we will move things over to Exchange and this will be moot, but for now it just became an issue for the first time since version 4.
TR > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Imail_Forum- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Len Conrad > Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 4:37 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Suddenly Imail Refusing Mail from Gateway > Server > > > >So what does that translate to for Imail? Max two sessions? 1 bad > >recipient, then blacklist it? That seems awfully low. > > IMGate doesn't blacklist in a session. It disconnects the session > after 2 5xx's. > > Eventually, through harvesting the mail log, enough sessions with > (even one) bad recip, and the IP gets blacklisted. How many is > enough? over how much time? day? week? > > The threshold depends on several other factors. eg, if the IP > doesn't have a PTR, then the blacklist threshold is a lot lower than > if it had an IP. > > And John is right. A gateway that accepts all recips and passes them > to Imail is asking for trouble, is a useless gateway. Rejecting bad > recips is the FIRST task of an MX gateway. > > Len > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
