From: Roger S. <R_S...@ne...> - 2006-07-19 16:26:32
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I tested this theory and this is how I did it: I put the ASSP in test mode and had it mark spam by appending a phrase to the email subject. Then, as it passed through the Symantec AV system on the back end I had it pull those tagged emails. This way ASSP would accept all messages and the Syantec system would cull them. It didn't help. The ASSP server croaked after about 5 minutes. I have the Symantec system doing all the work now and it isn't failing at all. Roger Stevenson -----Original Message----- From: tz...@st... [mailto:tz...@st...] Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 7:28 AM To: Questions and Answers for users of ASSP Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy Subject: Re: [Assp-user] How much CPU? On 18 Jul 2006 at 21:17, Roger Stevenson wrote: > I have noticed the volume of spam has increased considerable today, > over 50% more today than we normally get, and we normally get 17,000+ > per day. Statistically, we are on course for 30,000+ today. Is this > to be expected? My recent experience is that IP addresses which are being RBLed by CBL.ABUSEAT.ORG and are being rejected or delayed at the server just start hammering at the server. I had one client that was being hit over 100,000 times per HOUR. Some of these connection attempts would last 2 hours with simultaneous connections. There would be 6 or 7 of these open proxies hitting the server at once. The only way I could get the hammering to stop was to accept the mail and tag it for deletion. The user never sees the mail and the server isn't being drained of its resources. Amy Amy Stinson Amy's Answers, LLC email: ast...@am... web: http://www.amys-answers.com phone: 317.885-1741 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list Ass...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user |