Ned Slider a écrit :
> Randy wrote:
>> Ken A wrote:
>>> Randy wrote:
>>>
>>> Are you sure it's not spam bounces (joe job)?
>>> This is more common than a spam attack
>>> Ken
>>>
>> Yeah we get those in spurts, but this appears to not be the case. We
>> are getting thousands of connects from non MX hosts and many are
>> blocked at the smtp layer by our mail server. The connecting hosts are
>> non valid MXes which many do not resolve, are listed in Spamhaus and
>> use fake HELO all sending to a single e-mail address.
>>
> 
> If that's the case then I guess there's not a lot you do about it other
> than suck up the volume. About the only thing I can think of is to add a
> check_recipient_access entry for that e-mail address to specifically
> reject the mail before it gets as far as your RBL checks in postfix. At
> least then you could save a bunch of hits against Spamhaus and reject
> the mail as early as possible in the smtp process.
> 

and even return a 421 so that the connection is closed immediately.

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