Henrik Krohns wrote: > On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 09:53:54PM -0800, Dennis Peterson wrote: >> Henrik Krohns wrote: >>> On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 09:19:45PM -0800, Dennis Peterson wrote: >>>> The messages/hour is not a parameter one typically controls. Systems I >>>> build are >>>> build to handle estimated worst case loads. >>> Maybe you can't "control" it, but if the load is predictable, what's your >>> point? I know my traffic flow is not going to multiply by 10x suddently >>> (which I still could handle). Spam flood etc can be blocked if needed. >> I guess I'm surprised to hear anyone say their email serve loads are >> predictable. >> More likely is overloading is not a problem for you. I've never worked in an >> environment where overloading was easily ignored, but I've worked at some >> high >> visibility sites where email is money. > > Whether it's my 5 user or 2000 user site, the traffic hasn't changed for > months. There isn't any meaningful deviation in the hourly patterns (busier > at day, some mailing list spikes etc). So it isn't going to change unless > there are some major changes somewhere (number of users etc). That's > "predictable" in my book, but you might have another word for it.
Under the radar probably describes it best. Anyway, congrats on your good fortune - I should be so lucky. I'm seeing 50,000 dictionary attack posts/day typically, and they come in from a huge pool. I wish I were paying what they pay for bandwidth :) dp _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
