[nycbug-talk] Postfix filter for Exchange

Peter Wright pete at nomadlogic.org
Mon Jul 31 12:32:34 EDT 2006


> If I understood the original request.. it was about limiting mail bombs.
>
yes, internal mail bomb's generated by overzealous end users scripts.

> Mail bombs in theory could come from even the internal network.. caused by
> a
> rogue program (ie a bug in an alert).
>

exactly, we do not have to worry about external mail in this scenario as
we have that under controll.

> One good program I once research, but have not implemented, is policyd for
> postfix. It seems like it may do what the original poster requested.
>
> One can set limits so no more than X number of emails are received by
> conditions like sender, IP, and more.

execellent, this is exactly what i am going to implement in one way or
another.   policyd is is part of postfix itself correct?

-pete

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