Thanks Joe. I'll be looking to see if we can't do something like this with qmailtoaster.
-- -Eric 'shubes' On 05/21/2012 02:54 PM, Joe Nelson wrote: > I forgot to mention that I have a second cronjob that cleans up the > abused accounts list daily: > > 30 6 * * * rm -f /tmp/mail_abusers/* > /dev/null 2>&1 > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Joe Nelson > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Sure, I'm happy to contribute. I've attached a copy of the script > for all to use as you wish. Be aware that this was a quick and > dirty little script that was written to solve a particular problem. > It may need tweaking to work on your system and it may need > additional error checking, etc but it has been running on our system > for over a year without a hiccup. In that time, it's saved my > fellow admins and I lots of heartache! > > As for using the submission port, well, I must admit that I haven't > put enough thought into it to determine if it will be good for us or > not. My guess it that it's probably something I should implement, > but I'm not sure. Maybe some research is in order. Any pointers on > good places to start? > > > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Eric Shubert > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Nice solution. Care to share the script? > > I presume you either don't use the submission port (587), or you > have > spamdyke running on it. If the later, why? > > Thanks. > > -- > -Eric 'shubes' > > > On 05/21/2012 10:59 AM, Joe Nelson wrote: > > We have a python script that checks the Spamdyke logs every 5 > minutes > > for users who have sent more emails than a predefined > threshold. If > > they have, it automatically changes their password to a randomly > > generated one, immediately locking out the spammers who have > access to > > their account. It then emails technical support so that they can > > contact the customer to get the problem resolved permanently. > It's been > > great for us to have this place and most customers understand > that we're > > actually protecting them, even if they are the ones who's > accounts were > > compromised. > > > > > > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 2:08 AM, Hartmut Wernisch | > Domaintechnik.at > > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > > > > On 16 May 12, Ratko Rudic wrote: > > > Hi spamdykers! > > > > > > Is there a feature that would allow user to send only X > emails in Y > > > minutes. An example would be max 10 emails in 5 minutes? > > > > http://qmail-spp.sourceforge.net/ > > > > > > > > And a subquestion: what do you do if user's password got > leaked to > > > spammers and then those spammers authenticate as this user. > (and send > > > enormous amount of spam in just couple of hours). > > > Is there a way to prevent this? > > > > Monitoring :) > > We use Nagios to monitor our services. Most spamming can > be trapped by > > watching the queue size. Maybe you want to monitor the > message status > > too. > > > > Best, > > Hartmut > > > > _______________________________________________ > > spamdyke-users mailing list > > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-users > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Joe Nelson > > Digital Worx > > http://www.digitalworx.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > spamdyke-users mailing list > > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-users > > > _______________________________________________ > spamdyke-users mailing list > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-users > > > > > -- > Joe Nelson > Digital Worx > http://www.digitalworx.net > > > > > -- > Joe Nelson > Digital Worx > http://www.digitalworx.net > > > _______________________________________________ > spamdyke-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-users _______________________________________________ spamdyke-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-users
