Re: banning, was Re: Non-user logins?

2022-01-08 Thread Dave McGuire
On 1/8/22 12:12 PM, John Fawcett wrote: On 08/01/2022 17:22, Dave McGuire wrote: On 1/8/22 8:57 AM, John Fawcett wrote: yes, blocking on the first wrong password sounds like overkill. But it does depend on user base. For a small mail server with few known users it could be workable.   It may

Re: banning

2022-01-08 Thread dc-ml
Am 08.01.22 um 17:22 schrieb Dave McGuire: >   I wasn't asking for a critique of my configuration; I explained my > approach to a new user who came here looking for help. huh? well, I don't think that anyone wanted to say anything about _your_ configuration, but wanted to supplement, that you

Re: banning, was Re: Non-user logins?

2022-01-08 Thread John Fawcett
On 08/01/2022 17:22, Dave McGuire wrote: On 1/8/22 8:57 AM, John Fawcett wrote: yes, blocking on the first wrong password sounds like overkill. But it does depend on user base. For a small mail server with few known users it could be workable.   It may be overkill for your network, but it's n

Re: banning, was Re: Non-user logins?

2022-01-08 Thread Ken Wright
On Sat, 2022-01-08 at 11:22 -0500, Dave McGuire wrote: >    I wasn't asking for a critique of my configuration; I explained my > approach to a new user who came here looking for help. > >    Which is the last time I'll do THAT on this list, by the way. Dave, on behalf of all the n00bs who come he