Depends on what file you are talking about.  I think the last time I 
calculated, every
message on one of our boxes goes through almost 7,000 lines in various checks
plus several black hole checks.

If the box is dedicated to IMGate you should be able to withstand a pretty 
good beating.

DustyC

At 03:53 PM 1/20/2004, you wrote:

>Today I am the recipient of a dictionary attack. 704 bad addresses today on
>top of 800 already in the file.
>
>How large can this file grow before it incurs a significant performance hit?
>
>Mike



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