Thanks Shawn.
I think what I am really asking is what is the mechanism for the way
'catch-all delete' works versus 'catch-all bounce' so I can determine which
will have a lower load on the server.
At 11:06 PM 9/13/2005, you wrote:
> Hi:
>
> Our domains are getting hit with large numbers of spammer dictionary
> attacks. We're using the Toaster with chkuser, clamav and spamassassin.
> Does anyone know whether it is better to set vpopmail for catch-all delete
> or catch-all bounce in handling these attacks.
>
> It seems to me that if we set the catch-all to bounce we'll bouncing to a
> non-existent address and have to deal with a triple bounce before the
> messages are deleted. On the other hand with catch-all delete we may have
> to do virus and spam filtering on the message before it is deleted.
>
> Which is preferable?
Hi,
If you are running chkuser then it should be blocking the messages at the
smtp level and then the problem belongs to the sending MTA and not you.
If thats not happening then it sounds like you have something wrong with
your setup.
cheers
Shane
Best Regards,
Jeff Koch, Intersessions
