Hi,
A client sends a 400kb attachment (legitimate mail) and CC's about 2000
recipients. As far as he is concerned he only sent on 400k mail to our
server. Our server splits those CC's into 2000 separate messages, amounting
to about 800mb of mail traffic.
Q1. What is the general mail policy
Stephen M Ciirah [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Q3. How can qmail limit the number of CCs per mail?
There is a patch somewhere that limits the number of RCPT commands
during a single smtp connection.
You may enforce a limit yourself (assuming stock qmail-smtpd) by
setting a low value for softlimit
Stephen M Ciirah wrote:
Q1. What is the general mail policy regarding how users should use their
ISPs mail server to relay their messages?
This would be 2000 messages... your policy should reflect this value.
Q2. Do ISPs condone such behavior from users?
This depends on the ISP
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Q1. What is the general mail policy regarding how users should use their
ISPs mail server to relay their messages?
They should abide by the your terms of service (TOS). Your policy
should state what reasonable use of the mail system is. cc'ing 2000
people with a 400kb attachment sounds like
