Maybe look at limiting new connections to port 25 from internal IPs using
iptables' -m limit ? You could limit to 100/hour or so

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 9:03 PM, Bill Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I hope this list is the proper forum, if not, please guide me to the list
> that is....
>
> I am looking for a way to limit the email quantity from a given user(pc)
> within my building that is using my "stock" RHEL system as the mailserver.
> Basically, if one PC gets a virus, I want to limit the number of emails
> sent
> from that or any PC to say, 100 in a day and alert me if this limit is
> exceeded so I can give the 20 lashes. I have googled a lot and kbased a lot
> and could not find any productive keywords.
>
> I presume the limiter would count the number of emails SMTP'd out from a
> given IP address and that'd be fine for my evil purposes. I know about
> limiting the total email out, and the # of sessions, but this doesn't do a
> lot towards my goals. 200 users at 100/day = limit of 20,000 really
> wouldn't
> do a lot, nor would it tell me who the evil doer is.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Bill Watson
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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