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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: SMTP rate-limits [Was: Re: ingress SMTP]
On Fri, 5 Sep 2008, Michael Thomas wrote: > > I thought that these bot nets were so massive that it is pretty > easy for them to fly under the radar for quotas, rate limiting, etc. > Not that all bot nets are created equal, and there aren't local hot > spots for whatever reason, but putting on the brakes in a way that > users wouldn't feel pain is simply not going to make any appreciable > difference in the overall mal-rate. Right. In practice the rate of delivery failures is a more useful indication of spam than the overall email rate. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <[email protected]> http://dotat.at/ IRISH SEA: NORTHEASTERLY BACKING NORTHERLY 6 TO GALE 8, BUT CYCLONIC 5 IN SOUTH AT FIRST. MODERATE BECOMING ROUGH. SQUALLY SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD.
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