On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 02:58:53PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 11:54:00PM +0200, Einar Bordewich wrote:
> > Is there any solutions to set a limit on numbers of rcpt to|cc|bcc and
> > To:/Cc:/Bcc: recipients from qmail-smtpd/qmail-queue?
> > I have a tormentor sending out to 1000+ recipients. Makes my queue not
> > exactly surveyable, and in my opinion both for me and for him, he strictly
> > should use a mailinglist solution instead. I guess some limitations would
> > speed things up....
> >
> > BTW: The last round was on 1006 recipients where 14 of theme was "hanging",
> > making my qmail-queue output on 1178 lines.
>
> Hmm. Either he is allowed to use the mail server like this or he's not.
>
> If he's not, block him. If he is, then maybe your setup needs to cater
> for it.
>
> To answer your question directly, there is no standard qmail solution
> for this though there are possibly some patches on www.qmail.org.
I forgot to add that a max recipients solution wont work if your
tormentor is smart and submits multiple emails with the number of
recipients just below your threshold. The net effect on your server
is actually worse if he does this...
Regards.
