I had a user get email bombed this morning with 200+ emails in the inbox.
Not really very many at all. Both you and your client seem to be mail abuse virgins :))
One IMGate client of mine had 15000 msgs delivered from one IP to one IMail client from the same FROM in 24 hours. The Imail user didn't complain.
Oh, did I mention this level of abuse was from one a DSL "subscriber" IP?
Obviously the user was not happy. Called ipswitch to see if there were a way to prevent this from happening and the tech said no but this can be added as a feature request.
Cool off, his isn't exactly a disaster beyond your client's sheltered view of life with email.
Does anyone know if there is a way with imail to limit sessions?
1 STMP session over your WAN link into Imail is sufficient for deflowering. And one RCPT TO: per SMTP session, repeatedly, will do the dirty deed, also.
For example if more than 15 simultanious connections from any server block offending server connections for X time.
The 200 you are trying to stop would take much more log-surfing finesse than that.
The best approach is keep your defenses tight, damn the torpedoes who can't shoot straight (aka "legit" mail servers that don't have an SMTP/DNS clue), and react quickly when a measly 200 hit the fan, which is quite rarely.
Len
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