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Re: [pfx] Re: [pfx] Preventing backscatter in a store and forward environment
From: Charles Gregory (cgregory
hwcn.org)
Date: Tue Oct 03 2006 - 13:05:59 CDT
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On Tue, 3 Oct 2006, Victor Duchovni wrote:
> I'd like to discourage such aggressively short timeouts. A bounce is the
> last chance for a misdirected message to not disappear, and losing bounces
> is anti-social. RFC 2821 recommends minimum queue lifetimes of 5 days. To
> avoid having a queue full of dictionary attack bounces, solve the right
> problem.
Agreed. I am still working on cleaning up my system properly. Part of that
job is the Debian install with a proper 'reject at the gate' response.
Eventually I will restore the 5 day default. Thanks!
- Charles
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