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.