Actually, I think that is supposed to be a DWORD value, not a String Value.
Most other SMTPD32 Parameters are DWORD. I've not tested this, but since
yours is not working, seems like this is pretty simple to do (delete the
current one and recreate but as DWORD).
Daniel Donnelly
Ipswitch Technical Support
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert J. Fehn Sr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] set email limit
> Having the same problem in 6.03 with a limit of 25....
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "kevin wei" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 7:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] set email limit
>
>
> >
> > I followed the following instructions. More
> > specifically, under
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SMTPD32\Parameters
> > there was no a string variable named
> > MaxRCPTPerMessage, so I created it as a new DWORD, and
> > set the DWORD value to 2. I stoped and restarted the
> > SMTP server. it didn't work (it could sent to all the
> > 4
> > addresses entered).
> > Is it possible that setting a number too low (like 2)
> > will not work? or what did I do wrong?
> >
> > Kevin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- David Lapides <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > There should be a setting in Iadmin.exe. Actually,
> > > there should be a lot of
> > > things in there that aren't, but then we wouldn't
> > > have any new versions to
> > > look forwward to :-)
> > >
> > > The following is from the KB. Learn it. Live it.
> > > Love it. Oh and 10 is kind
> > > of stingy. 25 should be sufficient to stop all but
> > > the stupidest of
> > > spammers. Spammers pile up lots of recipients in
> > > their emails to get them
> > > relayed to your server quicker. They'll go elsewhere
> > > if they have to break
> > > their mailings into more messages.
> > >
> > > More important is to turn off relaying (or limit it
> > > to localhost, etc.) If
> > > the bulk messages are coming from a user on your
> > > server, just terminate
> > > their account.
> > >
> > > http://support.ipswitch.com/kb/IM-19990805-DM02.htm
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Question/Problem: How to set Maximum Recipients per
> > > Message.
> > >
> > > Answer/Solution: To restrict large amounts of
> > > messages being sent at one
> > > time to multiple users (a common characteristic of
> > > spam):
> > >
> > > 1) run regedit. Locate the following key
> > >
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SMTPD32\Parameters
> > >
> > > 2) Under this key, locate the registry string
> > > variable named
> > > MaxRCPTPerMessage; if none exists, create one.
> > >
> > > 3) Set the DWORD value to the desired maximum number
> > > of recipients. (Note
> > > that 0 means unlimited.)
> > >
> > > 4) Stop and restart the SMTP server.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "kevin wei" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 2:59 PM
> > > Subject: [IMail Forum] set email limit
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Is there a way to set a limit on the number of
> > > email
> > > > addresses (say 10) one email message can be sent
> > > to?
> > > > The purpose is to virtually eliminate spam (mass
> > > > mailing, usually to >100 addresses).
> > > >
> > > > If there is no such setting in Imail, do you know
> > > > of any third-party software or any other way to
> > > > prevent some users from using Imail server to
> > > spam?
> > > >
> > > > Kevin
> > > >
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