29 Aug 01:08
Explicitly reject SMTP connections
From: Jie Wang <jiewang <at> cstinc.com.cn>
Subject: Explicitly reject SMTP connections
Newsgroups: gmane.mail.postfix.user
Date: 2008-08-28 23:09:53 GMT
Subject: Explicitly reject SMTP connections
Newsgroups: gmane.mail.postfix.user
Date: 2008-08-28 23:09:53 GMT
Hello, everyone,
I have a box running 2.2.3 and encounter the
following problem.
The box is behind a firewall (ISA), and is under
attack frequently ( a lots of SMTP connections). When there are a lot of SMTP
connection requests arriving at the box, Postfix does not reject them, instead
it put these requests on hold. But to the firewall, it seems these connections
are being set up, therefore they occupy some resources, when there are too
many of these requests, the firewall freezes.
I am looking for ways to get Postfix reject SMTP
connections explicitly when Maxproc is reached, and send a server busy
message along with the rejection message. How can I do this?
Thanks a lot.
Jie Wang
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