Wednesday, November 13, 2002 you wrote:
>>2.  Is there a way to limit the number of recipients?  After the first
>>"X", Imail should stop processing recipients.

RSP> Yes, there is a way.  Searching the IMail Knowledge Base for "recipients" 
RSP> brings up http://support.ipswitch.com/kb/IM-19990805-DM02.htm .

That particular setting had no effect at all for me in the case of
invalid recipients.

The subject of dictionary attacks has been discussed at great length.
 As Imail is currently deployed you do not have many options:

 1) you can set up a nobody alias and the dictionary attacks will
    diminish or even cease.  By the way the largest single session I
    recorded had more than 2,000 recipients.

    a) the downside is that spam will increase

2) Roger Heath reported good results with Black Ice Server

3) You can block addresses using the access list but I for one gave
   this up as a lost cause

4) You can employ an IMGATE solution and kill the attacks at a low
   rejected recipient rate

After considerable effort and programming I chose Number 1.


Terry Fritts


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