Mayhem:
> Dominic Raferd wrote
> > Do you have reason to think your system
> > is suffering heavy load as a result, or are you concerned that some of
> > the DNSBLs might block you for reaching commercial-use levels of
> > lookups?
>
> No, but the problem seems to be getting worse this past year, and I was
> looking for ways to further tackle the situation before it really got out of
> hand. I figured giving the offending IP's a 24 hour timeout would be a nice
> solution.
>
> I also have nginx/apache and sql running on the same dedicated machine, I
> just want to make sure that my mail server getting hammered won't eventually
> have an adverse effect on those other running services.
No worries, nginx/apache and sql will be using much more.
Wietse
