* michael <dovecot@dovecot.org>: > On 2013-12-29 02:05, Christian Rößner wrote: > >Hi, > > > >we have customers with Exchange servers that are polling for new mail > >every minute with dozens of pop3 accounts. I am looking for a > >mechanism to rate limit this per user. So what I am looking for is a > >way to block users from polling, if a user asks for new mail more > >than > >every 5 minutes (for example). > > > >Is this possible? Can this be achieved within Dovecot or does it need > >external scripting? (I thought about fail2ban, but also want IPv6 > >support) > > > >Thanks in advance > > > >-Christian Rößner > > See: > www.policyd.org > > You'll need to use v2.1 to get IPV6 support.
policyd can rate limit dovecot POP3 users? p@rick -- [*] sys4 AG http://sys4.de, +49 (89) 30 90 46 64 Franziskanerstraße 15, 81669 München Sitz der Gesellschaft: München, Amtsgericht München: HRB 199263 Vorstand: Patrick Ben Koetter, Axel von der Ohe, Marc Schiffbauer Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Florian Kirstein
